As far the story is going on, serious websites will require HTTPS for serious ranking. Here is guide for working with SSL Certificates starting from zero. Usually, most readers of this website took the HTTPS or SSL/TLS related guides quite lightly. Most thought that HTTPS is only for business websites. In strict sense, a website, which is basically a serious blog and uses AdSense is a business (as … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2014
Cloud and Data Security : Responsibility of the Users
Breaches in Data Security are frequent not only among the celebrities but also among the companies. Data Security demands responsibility. Theft of private images from some cloud accounts of Hollywood starts (and not limited to), reopened the endless debate on the safety and reliability of services in the cloud. Among the many contributions appeared on the network, we may take it as a reference … [Read more...]
Heartbleed Was a Stranger Before Public Announcement
According to a recent study of OpenSSL Heartbleed, before it being revealed to the general public, it was unknown even to hackers. This is the conclusion which the participating researchers of some American University has reached the end of their latest study, it publicly available as PDF file : [crayon-69ea87bfa418e824652697/] The Heartbleed bug of OpenSSL, a widely used library in the network … [Read more...]
Glucometer, Smart Objects and Internet of Things
Glucometer can be an easiest example of potential Smart Object and also it can explain why not all can be part of Internet of Things. Hostgator Shared Server also uses OpenStack cloud software as backend, but Hostgator Shared Server is not a PaaS. The basic difference lies in layers, service delivery for the later. Everything has definitions and standards. Hardware obviously need to follow some … [Read more...]
Deliver Feeds to FeedBurner From SSL Enabled Website via Cloud Files
Yes, we can easily use Cloud Files to deliver feeds to FeedBurner from SSL enabled websites to avoid error related with HTTPS feed and FeedBurner. SSL enabled websites is actually not the right terminology, it should be TLS enabled. With the word "Websites" we are practically meaning WordPress websites. It can be difficult to pass only one URL via non HTTPS or over Port 80, if we use certain … [Read more...]
WordPress, Joomla, Magento : Which Performs Better on Cloud?
We have lot of Content Management Systems like WordPress, Joomla, Magento. Have you thought, which performs better on Cloud Platform? Rackspace Support did a comparison a year back. But measuring performance from the point of server performance is not always a simple task. One need to assess different aspects in the field of technical requirements required by a CMS as part of the performance and … [Read more...]
Drop Caps in WordPress Without Plugin
Typography matters. While there are many ways to implement Drop Caps, it is possible to use Drop Caps in WordPress without using any plugin. Drop Caps is the larger initial letter effect at the beginning of a word, a chapter, or a paragraph. Without HTML markup, we can add Drop Caps effect in WordPress and even without touching the main CSS file. You can read our Typography related guides like How … [Read more...]
Secure Cloud Hosting : Tips for Websites
Some readers are complaining that we are only writing on SSL stuffs! Cloud and Photography is becoming faint! Not really, actually we are also busy in the process of front end optimization. Here is a handy checklist to ensure secure cloud hosting on Public Cloud for the websites. Security on cloud means divided responsibilities. Six Steps for Cloud Security is our personal favorite article. When … [Read more...]
Nginx Configuration for HSTS Preload
Chrome, Firefox, Safari will at least check a website in the list of HSTS Preloading. Here is the right Nginx configuration for HSTS preload. We have talked about What is HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) Preload List in the previously published article. Here is the working Nginx Configuration for HSTS Preload Test Passing. Nginx Configuration for HSTS Preload : Before We … [Read more...]
Download File From SSH to Local Machine
Here are some ways to download file from SSH to local machine, be it Linux or a Mac. Sometimes we need to download just one file for some reason. It is quite obvious that, for more number of files, we can use SFTP. These commands will work on OS X (Terminal, iTerm2) or GNU Linux. It is difficult to say whether these will work with puTTY, may be with CygWin, it is possible to use the commands. … [Read more...]
What is HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) Preload List?
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)? HSTS Preload List? Are they appearing as new words? Not exactly, it is a thing which the major three browsers is trying to implement, there are related works since 2012. In this article, we have discussed the theoretical aspect of HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) and will explain what is HSTS Preload List. In the upcoming articles, we will show you, how … [Read more...]