Archive: February 2013

7 posts

Another Java security baseline update (ColdFusion, Railo and others)

by kai on 22/02/2013

There's just been another release of Java 6 that is relevant for the security of your ColdFusion or Railo servers (but also for anything and anyone else running a Java-based server or client product). After having pushed out Update 39 just recently, Oracle has released Java 6 Update 41 (also known as JDK 1.6.0_41) and it has become the new security baseline version for Java 6. You will find a…

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And then there was Webstock 2013 (day 2)

by kai on 21/02/2013

Let's talk about day 2 of Webstock 2013. The first speaker was Karen McGrane. Her session was titled "Adapting Ourselves to Adaptive Content". Uhhh - you might think, but Karen's message is much easier than the session title might make you expect. Essentially: It's just not on to take your print PDF and publish it as your "eMagazine" on the iPad. It's also not on to get your layout people to…

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And then there was Webstock 2013 (day 1)

by kai on 18/02/2013

I spent Thursday and Friday of last week at the awesome Webstock conference. I'm not gonna go into all the details of what it is, why it's so awesome and why it sells out before they even put the programme together (I got asked the latter by a friend of mine who couldn't believe the fact that there was no programme until 2 weeks ago or so and that the conference still sold out). Instead, I'm…

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CFML differences between Railo and ColdFusion 9/10 (Part 2)

by kai on 18/02/2013

Yeah, so much for "I'll post part 2 tomorrow...". Sorry guys, life and work got kind of in the way. Here's part 2 now though :) 4. Date comparison If you use if constructs for string comparison in ColdFusion, the server will always check if a string on either side of your if-condition could potentially be a date value in a string. Railo uses a different approach and will only check for this if at…

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CFML differences between Railo and ColdFusion 9/10 (Part 1)

by kai on 09/02/2013

As promised in my last post, I'm starting a short series of observations I made when working with clients here in Australia and New Zealand on porting CFML applications between ColdFusion and Railo. Please note that this post (and the follow-up posts) is not meant to be judgmental in any way, it's just supposed to deliver a neutral view of what I found to be different when working with real-world…

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Thoughts on CFML in Railo, ColdFusion and Open BD

by kai on 09/02/2013

Recently I've become more involved with the Railo community. A lot of clients (and myself, too) are really impressed with what the Railo team has delivered with version 4 of the Railo server. There's a lot of interest and inquires from people wanting help to investigate what'd be involved with moving/porting their application from Adobe ColdFusion 9 to Railo 4. Working on some of those scenarios,…

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Java | ColdFusion | Railo security update

by kai on 05/02/2013

This is just a quick free-of-charge public service announcement that Oracle has released Java 6 Update 39. Why is this important for users of ColdFusion or Railo? A lot of people are running their Railo and ColdFusion servers on Java 6. Update 39 is a so called "update to the JRE Security Baseline of Java 6" and you want to be on Update 39 to make sure you are protected by the latest security…

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