A blog about curiosity being a good habit
Adding a Blank Page to IE 11 and other browsers I guess Microsoft can no longer tolerate allowing people to open their browsers with about:blank. You know must look at more useless news from MSN. The easiest solution? Go to blank.org and set that as your home page. Thank you, makers of blank.org.
Here’s a quick how-to on assigning a static IP address to your Raspberry Pi 3.You’ve got your Raspberry Pi 3 (this is for Pi 3 only as far as I am concerned) connected to your local network via WiFi using IPv4. I did this by connecting a mouse, keyboard, and monitor, then using the Desktop to add… Continue reading Raspberry Pi 3 Static IP WiFi Configuration
I’ll keep adding some good reference material here for checking Linux connections from the command line: TCPDUMP yum install tcpdump See all port 25 connections tcpdump -n dst port 25 tcpdump -n dst host * port 25 tcpdump -n dst host any port 25 tcpdump -i eth1 tcp port 25 Apachetop Go to the link… Continue reading Linux network status cheat sheet
Getting this error when trying to use ColdFusion CFHTTP to connect to a site using Let’s Encrypt? I/O Exception: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: java.security.cert.CertPathBuilderException: Could not build a validated path. You need to add their trust chain to you JRE. I’m lazy and don’t touch Java too much so I always have to look up… Continue reading Add Let’s Encrypt Trust Certificates to Cold Fusion on Windows
This one’s easy. Place this in your php.ini (don’t forget to restart, if needed). mail.add_x_header = On mail.log = /var/log/phpmail.log You can change the log file location, of course. Note that mail.add_x_header will add the script file to the email header allowing someone to see which file generated the email. This may be a security… Continue reading Simple PHP SPAM tracking and logging tip
This covers only Google Analytics universal code (analytics.js) and not the old GA code (ga.js). It does not cover GA dashboard or reporting functions. There are examples for tracking using a single set of GA code for your site, and then when you are using it for a another tracking ID (UA) on the same… Continue reading Multiple Google Analytics Codes on the Same Page and Cross Domain Tracking
How’s My SSL is an open source site with code available on Git do test for TLS compatibility. I have tested it on Windows 8.1 Chrome/FF/IE 11 and Windows 7, Internet Explorer 9 and have found it to be reliable. https://www.howsmyssl.com/ Since it is open source I will make a version for my own site… Continue reading Test your browser for TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and TLS 1.2 Compatibility
All months leading up to June of 2016 are going to be pretty important in the e-commerce landscape. PCI DSS 3.1 has come down and compliance is no longer a matter of looking the other way. You need to be compliant or risk fines and penalties that cannot be offset by gains without it. Your… Continue reading This page can’t be displayed – TLS 1.0 and Internet Explorer
This post is not about adding memory in php.ini or .htaccess or settings.php in Drupal. You might be getting the Fatal Error because of URL redirects causing infinite loops induced by running database update scripts! But, here’s the skinny on adding more memory accessible by Drupal. This will depend on your hosting provider and how much… Continue reading Fatal error: Allowed memory size of +Drupal
Have you configured your web servers so that TLS 1.0 is disabled and your website no longer is accessible? Is it running behind a Brocade ADX load balancer? Are you running SSL healthchecks? Before disabling TLS 1.0, make sure to confirm that the Brocade software is 12502e, or higher. The healthchecks don’t support TLS 1.1+ until… Continue reading Brocade ADX load balancer and TLS 1.0