SQL Server is a popular database platform choice for database-driven applications. Based on interpreting TSQL, Microsoft’s proprietary dialect of SQL, SQL Server facilitates remote connections to your structured data. Unfortunately, SQL Server is …
An authenticated SSL/TLS reverse proxy is a powerful way to protect your application from attack. Both users and bad actors first connect to the proxy (which should live in your organization’s DMZ) and need to provide some form of authentication …
You’re probably frustrated by the lack of relevant information about Squid, a very popular forward proxy. Some of these frustrations involve major usability changes occurring after minor software revisions, misconceptions about what’s actually …
Usually when we think about SSL/TLS and certificates the first thing that comes to mind are the certificates used by a web server – and this makes sense because it is by far the most common usage for them. However, the specification for x.509 …
Previously, we took at look at how reverse (both terminating and non-terminating) are handled in the Linux world. In Windows though, we have two very viable options supported by Microsoft without using any third party software. These are …
HAProxy is an incredibly versatile reverse proxy that’s capable of acting as both an HTTP(S) proxy like above, and a straight TCP proxy which allows you to proxy SSL connections as-is without decrypting and re-encrypting them (terminating). It …
Reverse proxies accept connections on behalf of a server coming from a client. They are the opposite of forward proxies, which accept connections on behalf of a client destined for a server. They’re incredibly useful in two main cases: tightly …
There are a few options when it comes to securing your Magento store and in this article we will cover some of the best practices to do so. We will also look at our options when it comes to Multiple Stores with or without different domains in your …
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