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Cookie Overflow and cookie-less auth

Sunday, 4. May 2008, 04:38:07

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Interesting work by Alex on handling cookie security issues in Opera and other browsers.

He talks about cookie setting limits and how that may be exploitable given you can force an overflow of cookie writes by taking advantage of Opera's (and Firefox) cookie limit. Also, makes an interesting point about Opera's speed:

The question is; can we win this race?

In Firefox, it takes approximately 100 miliseconds on my machine to set 1000 cookies over 20 hostnames, with 1 hostname per iframe. So we can win any race.

In my testing Opera is much faster at navigating between pages and setting cookies, however I'm still unsure if we can win this race in Opera.


Maybe one of the Opera devs can take a look at this and see if Opera needs to be tweaked to lessen any possible security risk. Not sure if he was using the current release or Opera v9.5 beta 2.

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Swimming with a Mola Mola in Bali

Friday, 25. April 2008, 19:30:47

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WOW!

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Opera CEO: Why No Extensions (So Far) in Opera

Saturday, 19. April 2008, 20:44:09

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I've noticed some more debate about "why/why not" to have extensions in Opera, on various fora. Many people seem to have not seen Jon von Tetzchner's (Opera's CEO) comments about this topic, so I thought I'd post it and maybe put it to bed, already.
It's something [extensions] that we have evaluated many times. We'll probably do something in the future. Our focus has been more on widgets – making applications that run outside the browser and are able to build on web technology. On the extensions side, traditionally our focus has been 'let's try to build as much into the browser as possible so people have a choice'. So we do it in a way that's tightly integrated and works out of the box. We've done so much – you mention extensions through user JavaScript, we've done it through CSS and we continue to find new ways to do it. It's clear that Firefox has a more extensible way of doing that. It will not be soon but we may provide some easier ways in the future to add more functionality to Opera.

So, there you have it. In my experience, with or without extensions, Opera has been the most productive, most innovative browser out there for years, YEARS; along with the fastest. Yes, there's all kinds of speed tests that everybody shouts about how their browser is faster. Everyone can make their own decision, so just try Opera on your own PC or Mac or phone or set-top device, with your own favorite sites and decide for yourself.

There's a list a mile long about the useful features in Opera that most of Internet Explorer or Safari users have never heard of, like Speed Dial or Fast Forward. (There's even some, that Firefox users haven't seen, like Rewind and Fast Forward or using your desktop bookmarks on your phone with Opera LINK.) You won't go back after trying it for a few days. (By the way, if you miss how your old browser looks while trying Opera, just go and get a new skin to pretend Opera is IE, or Safari or Firefox. You may even find a cool, new favorite skin that you love, like the Neanderthal skin!)



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He Said, She Said (How To Avoid It)

Friday, 15. February 2008, 03:29:52

Here's a great book from a sociolinguist, Dr. Deborah Tannen, that discusses why you're always getting into an argument with your significant other, and can't figure out why... Great read (and useful)!



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6 Billion Others & You

Monday, 10. December 2007, 00:32:52

This is an amazing site that can connect and reveal like no other I've seen...!!!

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Video Chat Parenting

Sunday, 14. October 2007, 03:04:37

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Given my heavy use of iChat Video since getting a MacBook couple years ago, this is a wild story illustrating how far good-quality video chat has come.



While a few years ago, video chat was cute to try, no one used it regularly given the horrible quality. Since Apple started including high-quality, built-in iSight webcams into MacBooks and iMacs, (and iChat v3.1 using H.264 compression) it has taken off, I think.

Now, even Skype video is pretty good quality, but if you're using XP/Vista, it still depends if you bought a ~$150 webcam or not. Most cheaper webcams are blurry with pixelated video and static even with fast broadband and the latest Skype release.

If you're wondering why I didn't mention any of the other IM networks' video efforts, do you anyone that's used anything other than iChat Video or Skype more than once?



I thought so. :smile:

When you use iChat Video for the first time to do a 3-way video with your Mom an hour away, and your younger brother 2000 miles away, and laugh and joke around, you'll see what I mean. (Skype is still limited to only 1-to-1 video calls.)

And now it appears some are disciplining their kids over video chat, too. What would Dr. Spock have thought? haha.

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Screen-capture in the 21st Century

Saturday, 11. August 2007, 17:58:07



My buddy, Mike, just sent me something on a new project from TechSmith, called Jing. It helps with very immediate screenshots and video capture with one-click sharing via a flash screencast URL via IM, email, blog. WOW.

I see tons of uses for this great solution: helping family/friends with their own personal Windows/Mac "disasters", tech support issues at work, feature-set instructions, visual bug reports, etc...

And the Jing video tutorial has a hilarious, and decidedly Talking Heads-ish ambiance... haha.

Enjoy!




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Discovering Nicknames in Opera Bookmarks

Saturday, 28. April 2007, 02:10:43

If you haven't discovered or used bookmark nicknames yet in Opera, don't wait!!

It's one of the fastest, easiest things you can do to speed up your browsing. It literally lets you rename the web to your own whims and habits. If you want to go to your own blog by typing in "b" this is how you do it. Or "n" for your favorite news site.

Any string of letters and numbers is at your disposal. Simply add a site as a bookmark and click on the "details" button and you'll see a nicknames field.

Given Opera's (new in v9.2, aka Merlin) Speed Dial™ feature, the numbers one through nine are assigned your Speed Dial sites, but beyond that, it's up to you. Also, shift-F2 opens a "turbo" nicknames field. This saves the <enter> keystroke for you, so even faster. (Note that I changed this to simply F2 in the keyboard manager in Opera.)

Even though Opera gives you a dizzying number of ways to accelerate your browsing, this will make your head spin given its simplicity.

  • Speed Dial (from a new tab)
  • Auto-complete in the address bar
  • Nicknames (1-chars or more & without <enter> key using <shift+F2>)
  • Trditional Bookmarks (in the Personal Bar or from the Bookmarks menu or from the Panel)




We hope to see a Nicknames manager in Kestrel (aka Opera v9.5) maybe, to help handle all the nicknames that pile up quickly in your bookmarks file. (hint, hint, ODT) :smile:

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Act Like An Otter

Sunday, 1. April 2007, 01:42:21

Pretend you're an otter today and hold someone's hand -- like these little cuties in Vancouver. :smile:

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Overstock CEO's Best Friend: Jim Cramer

Friday, 30. March 2007, 02:14:29

Interesting article by Greg at CNET about a bizarre confluence of events (relating to the infamous Cramer interview about manipulating the market as a hedge fund manager).

  • Jim Cramer spells H-U-B-R-I-S
  • Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne finally not treated like an alien as his company stock has been manipulated down from $77 to $18/share
  • Business publications are actually reporting what's been going on in investment banking circles amidst all the backslapping during Happy Hour on Wall Street


Let's see if SEC Commissioner Cox can do something more substantive than host a panel at Georgetown on C-SPAN...

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