Professor Kriehn

So the Joomla portion of my web site recently experienced a remote PHP injection attack that *almost* blew the system wide open.  Thankfully the default username had been changed on the administrative backend, so even though they were able to change the admin password, they still could not get in (and no, I was not using a default password).  After fixing the problem and further beefing up the security around Joomla's backend, things seem to be fine once again... ...for now.

While taking a break today once classes were over, I stumbled across the following quote on a website:

"Of course, there is always the apocryphal Computer Security course. The professor walks into the first lecture, writes an IP address on the board, and says, 'All of your grades are entered on the computer above. You all have Fs. Grades will be submitted at the end of the semester. Bye.' "

I've got to be honest with you -- that sounds like a *really* fun class to teach...