January 14, 2013
The ColdFusion team has just released ColdFusion 10 Update 7 (and a fix for ColdFusion 9, too). This is a critical hotfix that addresses the recent security vulnerabilities that were being exploited in the wild. Please install this one quickly!
January 13, 2013
A user, worried about the recent attacks on ColdFusion servers , asked if he could safely block all public access to /cfide. My response to him was the following: The short answer is "yes, if ..." There are quite a few ColdFusion features that use files and URLs within /cfide, these include:...
January 11, 2013
I've been using the jQuery DataTables plug-in for client-side data grids. It works well, and integrating it with ColdFusion is easy. Here's another option, ParamQuery Grid is clean and fast and feature rich, and it too works seamlessly with ColdFusion.
January 4, 2013
The ColdFusion team has posted a critical security advisory in response to the ColdFusion security issue I noted a couple of days ago.
January 2, 2013
No, not ColdFusion the product (well, no more than usual). I am referring to an ongoing series of attacks by hackers deliberately targeting ColdFusion servers, essentially looking for CFIDE directory structures that are inadequately locked down. And as per customer reports, it appears as though...
December 18, 2012
The ColdFusion team has posted an entry on their official blog entitled ColdFusion: News, Initiatives and Updates from Adobe . They weigh in on ColdFusion 10 feedback, product road map, ColdFusion in the cloud, education, release cycles, MAX and alternative conference options, and more. There's a...
December 10, 2012
We've posted a hotfix for ColdFusion 9 and 10 (Windows, Macintosh and UNIX) to address a possible sandbox permissions violation in shared hosting environments.
December 10, 2012
The ColdFusion team has created an Adobe ColdFusion Platform Survey and would like you to weigh in on future platform options.
November 27, 2012
Pete Freitag (of HackMyCF.com fame) has updated his excellent ColdFusion Server Lockdown Guide for ColdFusion 10. Adobe has published the updated ColdFusion 10 Server Lockdown Guide and it is now online.
November 26, 2012
The folks over at Fig Leaf Software are offering a Free ColdFusion 10 jQuery Mobile Tutorial , a 50 page PDF with lessons and exercises.