Redirect HTTP to HTTPS
...> https://example.com https://example.com > 301 > https://www.example.com http://www.example.com > 301 > https://www.example.com Windows Server IIS An HTTP to HTTPS redirect on IIS is often better left to the web server,...
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Use PowerShell with SSL client certificates for HTTPS GET requests
...will only look in the CurrentUser certificate store, this will suffice for your HTTPS request. Try: Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://example.com -CertificateThumbprint $certThumbPrint If you need a LocalMachine certificate, then it becomes...
Acunetix How HSTS works (https://www.acunetix.com/blog/articles/what-is-hsts-why-use-it/)
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How to enable HTTP Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) on IIS
...an Outbound Rule, to rewrite request responses and sending the HTTP Strict Transport Security response header: <outboundRules> <rule name="Add Strict-Transport-Security when HTTPS" enabled="true"> <match serverVariable="RESPONSE_Strict_Transport_Security" pattern=".*" /> <conditions> <add input="{HTTPS}"...
Send authenticated SMTP email over TLS from WordPress
...Name: Authenticated SMTP email over TLS with WordPress * Plugin URI: https://www.saotn.org * Donate Link: https://www.paypal.me/jreilink * Description: Sends email using authenticated SMTP (SMTP AUTH), over an TLS encrypted connection...
Install SQL Server cumulative updates silently
...of MS SQL Server. You can find it on https://sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com/. Microsoft maintains “Latest updates and version history for SQL Server” on https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/releases/download-and-install-latest-updates. And furthermore you can download the most recent...
How to install Microsoft’s SQL Server Driver for PHP
...Driver 11, 13, 13.1, 17 for SQL Server® – Windows: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56567. The Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server provides native connectivity from Windows to Microsoft SQL Server and Windows Azure SQL...
Connect to MS SQL Server with PHP 5.3+
...example you can use to connect from PHP to SQL Server with sqlsrv_connect() is: <?php /* * Follow me on Twitter: @Jan_Reilink * Donate: https://www.paypal.me/jreilink */ function connectMssql($hostname, $username, $dbname,...
Windows 11 and WSL 2 DevOps environment
...install cloudmonkey But unfortunately, this doesn’t work with WSL, as snap install fails. Luckily you can download standalone binaries and use CloudMonkey in Windows and Linux: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/releases/download/6.2.0/cmk.windows.x86-64.exe https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/releases/download/6.2.0/cmk.linux.x86-64 and this...
MySQL InnoDB performance improvement: InnoDB buffer pool instances – Updated!
...I/O. https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/server-system-variables.html#sysvar_tmp_table_size https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/server-system-variables.html#sysvar_max_heap_table_size join_buffer_size The join_buffer_size sets a maximum buffer size for plain index scans, range index scans and joins without indices (and therefore perform full table scans). Keep this...
Test SMTP authentication and StartTLS
...smtp.example.com:25 -starttls smtp Check HTTPS TLS/SSL certificate Use openssl to check and verify HTTPS connections: openssl s_client -tls1_2 -servername host -connect 203.0.113.15:443 Substitute “host” with your host header or domain...
Force HSTS in Apache .htaccess
...enable HTTP Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) on IIS, HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is a web security policy mechanism which is necessary to protect secure HTTPS websites against downgrade attacks, and which...
Disable ECDH public server param reuse in Windows Server IIS
...checks and validation in the PowerShell code to make it more robust. Sources: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/781315/ecdh-public-server-param-reuse-in-kestrel https://serverfault.com/a/1155857 Disabled ECDH public server param reuse in Windows Server IIS Frequently Asked Questions What is...
TLS handshake
TLS handshake – image taken from vsociety_ by vicarius (https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/)...
Install OpenSSH in Windows Server
...software. Doh! 🙂 Download the latest OpenSSH for Windows release from GitHub: https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/releases (OpenSSH-Win64.zip for example). Install “Windows for OpenSSH” using PowerShell Unblock the downloaded OpenSSH archive if necessary: Unblock-File...
Protect WordPress from brute-force XML-RPC attacks
...# Block access to xmlrpc.php for everyone # except WordPress.com and Jetpack IP addresses. # # AllowList IP ranges in Apache 2.2 .htaccess using mod_authz_host: # https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_authz_host.html <Files xmlrpc.php> order...
Increase WordPress’ memory limit WP_MEMORY_LIMIT properly in wp-config.php
...See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/56390. Read on, and I’ll try to explain it all. What is WordPress WP_MEMORY_LIMIT and WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT Before we continue, it’s nice to know what WP_MEMORY_LIMIT and WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT are used...
PowerShell blacklist check script: find an IP address’ blacklist status & reputation
...best results and output. You’re free to substitute [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostEntry for PowerShell’s Resolve-DnsName cmdlet or others. Also read: Use PowerShell with SSL client certificates for HTTPS GET requests Test open TCP...
Install SSL/TLS certificates in Windows Server using PowerShell
...on Microsoft Learn and the code shown above is also available as a Gist: https://gist.github.com/Digiover/a2db4125efb069d62a8fedcd23212103. Psst, did you know you can use certutil -v -dump certificate_name.pfx to look up and...