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DNS

DNS (Domain name system) is essentially a phonebook for internet addresses on the Internet. Every URL with alphanumeric characters are mapped to IP addresses, either IPv4 or IPv6. That means https://google.

March 5, 2021

OpenVPN / DNS / resolv.conf

For Unix users with OpenVPN clients, you may notice that when connecting to a VPN server via OpenVPN, your DNS servers aren't working properly. This might result in DNS leaks or domain name resolutions that don't work at all (i.

September 16, 2017

Web Development 101

... for millions of user requests onto rows of machines. (DNS Round Robin](#dnsrr) One basic way is to use a DNS server that takes a user's request and returns the IP address for each of the machines in the row, sequentially.

November 9, 2017

Web Backend Security Headers - 1. CSP Headers

Table of Contents Web Backend Security Headers CSP Headers CSRF Headers HSTS X-Frame-Options and X-XSS-Protection DNS records and SPF Background Content Security Policy (CSP) is a security standard introduced to prevent cross-site scripting, clickjacking and other code injection attacks.

March 13, 2021

Web Backend Security Headers -3. HSTS

Table of Contents Web Backend Security Headers CSP Headers CSRF Headers HSTS X-Frame-Options and X-XSS-Protection DNS records and SPF Background HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is a web security policy mechanism that helps to protect websites against man-in-the-middle attacks such as protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking.

March 14, 2021