Posted inWindows Server
HackRepair.com’s Bad Bots .htaccess in web.config for IIS
Block bad bots in WIndows Server IIS using web.config. Learn to protect your WordPress website with this web.config file!
Posted inWindows Server
IIS URL Rewrite “Rewrite Module error: Expression contains a repeat expression”
How to fix the HTTP Error 500.52 - URL Rewrite Module Error: "The expression "^/{C:1}" contains a repeat expression (one of '*', '?', '+', '{' in most contexts) that is not preceded by an expression" on Windows Server IIS.
Posted inWeb application security
Cracking PHP rand()
Webapps occasionaly need to create tokens that are hard to guess. For example for session tokens or CSRF tokens, or in forgot password functionality where you get a token mailed to reset your password. These tokens should be cryptographically secure, but are often made by calling rand() multiple times and transforming the output to a string. This post will explore how hard it is to predict a token made with rand().
Posted inGNU Linux
Recursive scp and symlinks
Recursive scp without following symbolic links. When using recursive scp, symbolic links aren't preserved and are copied as if they are normal directories. So you have to look for another solution to recursively transfer symlinks over ssh. Here is one: Tar over ssh!