Tag: HTTP

Cyber Security / Servers & Services / Web

Types of Proxy Servers: SOCKS, HTTP(S), FTP, SSL A high-level overview of the various proxy server protocols available nowadays and the main benefits they provide

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From an IT networking perspective, a proxy server is a dedicated application that acts as an intermediary between a client that requests a resource and the server that provides that …

Types of Proxy Servers: SOCKS, HTTP(S), FTP, SSL A high-level overview of the various proxy server protocols available nowadays and the main benefits they provide Read More
ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Cyber Security / Servers & Services / Web

HTTP Authorization methods: Sessions/Cookies, Bearer Tokens, API Keys, Signatures, Certificates An extensive overview of the most used HTTP-based authorization methods, techniques and approaches used in modern web sites and services

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In general terms, authorization refers to the permission or power to perform, carry out or exercise certain rights. In the IT field, authorization is defined as the process by which …

HTTP Authorization methods: Sessions/Cookies, Bearer Tokens, API Keys, Signatures, Certificates An extensive overview of the most used HTTP-based authorization methods, techniques and approaches used in modern web sites and services Read More
Servers & Services / Web

HTTP Requests and Responses - What they are and how they work General overview of the HTTP request-response life cycle, HTTP Headers, Status Code, and other key concepts

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After the overview of HTTP, SSL/TLS, DNS, and URLs published a few days ago, in this article we will focus on one of the most important mechanisms underlying the functioning …

HTTP Requests and Responses - What they are and how they work General overview of the HTTP request-response life cycle, HTTP Headers, Status Code, and other key concepts Read More
Coding / Cyber Security / Servers & Services / Web

HTTP, SSL/TLS, DNS, URL, DDoS Attacks - Basic Concepts A high-level overview of some basic World Wide Web concepts: HTTP Protocol, SSL / TLS Certificates, Domain Name Servers, URLs, DDoS Attacks

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In this article we will provide a general overview of the main concepts behind the World Wide Web as we know it today: the HTTP protocol, used by the browser …

HTTP, SSL/TLS, DNS, URL, DDoS Attacks - Basic Concepts A high-level overview of some basic World Wide Web concepts: HTTP Protocol, SSL / TLS Certificates, Domain Name Servers, URLs, DDoS Attacks Read More
Coding / JavaScript / Servers & Services / Web

Debouncing and Throttling in Angular with RxJS How to implement debouncing and throttling in an Angular app using the debounceTime and throttleTime operators provided by the RxJS library

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In this article we'll talk about Debouncing and Throttling, two optimization techniques that we might want to consider whenever we're developing an Angular app that needs features such as autocomplete, …

Debouncing and Throttling in Angular with RxJS How to implement debouncing and throttling in an Angular app using the debounceTime and throttleTime operators provided by the RxJS library Read More
Coding / Web

Getting Started with Python and Django - Hello World Web App A small Python plus Django tutorial that will show you how to create your first Hello World web application using Python and Django

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Have you ever heard anything about Python? If you're reading this, I bet you do! Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language with an object-oriented approach: it was created …

Getting Started with Python and Django - Hello World Web App A small Python plus Django tutorial that will show you how to create your first Hello World web application using Python and Django Read More
Coding

Firefox - This address is restricted - Override Fix How to allow one or more non-standard HTTP / HTTPS ports from being opened by Mozilla Firefox, bypassing the "this address is restricted" error for good

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Mozilla Firefox is definitely a great browser and the developers community put a lot of effort on the security aspects, preventing malicious software and/or attackers from doing any harm to …

Firefox - This address is restricted - Override Fix How to allow one or more non-standard HTTP / HTTPS ports from being opened by Mozilla Firefox, bypassing the "this address is restricted" error for good Read More
Coding / Servers & Services / SQL / Windows

SQL Server - Call a URL using GET or POST method and fetch Status Code and Response Text How to execute a GET or POST call to an external URL within a Stored Procedure (using HTTP or HTTPS protocol) and retrieve the StatusCode and ResponseText

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We already talked about the MSXML2.XMLHTTP and MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP objects in an older post: these objects provides methods and properties for server-safe HTTP access between different Web servers and can be used to exchange …

SQL Server - Call a URL using GET or POST method and fetch Status Code and Response Text How to execute a GET or POST call to an external URL within a Stored Procedure (using HTTP or HTTPS protocol) and retrieve the StatusCode and ResponseText Read More
Cyber Security / Servers & Services / Web

NGINX - How to setup the nginx.conf file to send HTTP Security Headers with your web site (and score an A on securityheaders.io) How to setup the nginx.conf to secure all your Nginx-hosted websites with the required HTTP Security Headers and get A rate from securityheaders.io scan.

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We already explained the basics about HTTP Security Headers in this previous post: it's now time to put all these words into action and learn how we can implement them …

NGINX - How to setup the nginx.conf file to send HTTP Security Headers with your web site (and score an A on securityheaders.io) How to setup the nginx.conf to secure all your Nginx-hosted websites with the required HTTP Security Headers and get A rate from securityheaders.io scan. Read More
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The HTTP Request-Response Data Flow in Native Web Applications How the underlying HTTP Request-Response data flow works in a Native Web Application scenario

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As most of us already know, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is designed to enable communications between clients and servers. HTTP works as a request-response protocol between a client and …

The HTTP Request-Response Data Flow in Native Web Applications How the underlying HTTP Request-Response data flow works in a Native Web Application scenario Read More