PHP uniqid() not always a unique ID
When is a unique id not unique? How can a file exist and not exist? All this caused a mysterious bug in JFFNMS with the reachability interface which goes to show the limitations of the PHP function uniqid().
Category: JFFNMS
jffnms 0.9.4
JFFNMS version 0.9.4 was released today, this version fixes some bugs that have recently appeared in previous versions. The triggers rules editor […]
JFFNMS 0.9.3
JFFNMS version 0.9.3 has been released today. This is a vast improvement over the 0.9.x releases and anyone using that train is […]
PHP floats and locales
I recently had a bug report in JFFNMS that the SLA checks were failing with bizarre calculations. Things like 300% disk drive […]
JFFNMS 0.9.3 1st release candidate
I have been putting a lot of testing into JFFNMS lately. I have been very lucky to have had someone with the […]
JFFNMS 0.9.2 Released
JFFNMS version 0.9.2 was released today both as an upstream tar.gz file and a new Debian package. This version fixes some bugs […]
JFFNMS 0.9.1 Released
JFFNMS 0.9.1 has the database extracts and updates missing from 0.9.0 This is the most problematic part of the project release; ensuring […]
JFFNMS 0.9.0 Released
After 3 release candidates JFFNMS is now at version 0.9.0. Both the web frontend and backend (engines) have had extensive re-work done […]
JFFNMS – 3rd RC lucky?
I’ve just uploaded to sourceforge the third and hopefully last RC for JFFNMS network management system version 0.9.0 The reason for the […]
Passwords in PHP
Are your passwords always failing in PHP programs using databases? Maybe its time to look at how the passwords are stored and the field lengths.