CategoryWhat I learnt

Simple Fix: Docker Automatically Opening Up Internet Ports

If you are running docker on an Internet server, you would have noticed that it opens all container mapped ports in the host’s internet/external IP interface. This is a huge security nightmare with ports getting opened without any warning. Getting around this problem is another nightmare. Even if you modify UFW rules, it does not work as docker manipulates ip-tables directly. Even if you...

WordPress Older Posts Widget

For another WordPress blog which I maintain, I required a widget which will display older posts. The WordPress blog’s home page displayed 10 recent posts. But there were at least 15 other older posts that needed some exposure. I needed a widget which would display the older posts starting from the 11th post on the home page side bar. I was surprised to find there existed no such widget in...

Remove link to comment authors website from wordpress Comments

Are you tired of moderating, removing or editing the URLs of people who post comments in your wordpress blog? Are you sick of all the comment spammers who post those cookie cutter comments using scripts in your blog just to post links in your blog via the comment links to comment authors site? Well I was! And that’s when I decided that I would hack the wordpress code a little bit to totally...

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