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I stumbled on the “Tozny API”…

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Dan Knauss
I stumbled on the "Tozny API" recently which instead of passwords presents a functionality similar to "email me an access code" from Slack. The purpose of which is to help either verify email addresses or promote password-free authentication for your…

HTTPS everywhere is getting close to reality

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Brian Krogsgard

Google has been pushing HTTPS harder than anyone. They haven't been alone -- not by a long shot -- but they are making the most aggressive moves to push the web to full encryption. Their latest move is the biggest,…

I recently stumbled upon a plugin…

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I recently stumbled upon a plugin from 10up called "WP-Hammer" that cleans and removes information from a WordPress site that might be sensitive -- like emails and passwords or undesired users and posts. This might be a quick and dirty tool…

WP Engine breach was very likely via Linode

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Brian Krogsgard

You could say that Linode has been a bit of a pain in WP Engine's ass lately. Linode is one of their service providers (they were their only/primary one for a long time, I believe), which basically means WP Engine…

WP Engine requiring mass password reset on all accounts

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Brian Krogsgard
  WP Engine sent emails to all existing (and apparently many former) customers stating that they needed to reset every password associated with their account: While we have no evidence that the information was used inappropriately, as a precaution, we…

WordPress 4.3, “Billie”, released

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 4.3, "Billie", has been released. Billie includes four major user-facing features that most website owners will experience on a semi-regular basis, and many other enhancements, bug fixes, and developer features.

Strong passwords by default

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Brian Krogsgard

Mark Jaquith has further outlined the new password features in 4.3, and they are exciting. I think this may prove to be the most important new feature for this release. I've already covered this, but I'm covering it again. I…

Automatically expire passwords for WordPress users

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Brian Krogsgard
Frankie Jarrett has created yet another handy plugin, this time to auto expire passwords for users of certain roles based on a customizable number of days. This plugin could be handy for organizations that require password resets, or just for…
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