Status Codes

Each HTTP response message must contain a status code in its first line, indicating the result of the request. The status codes fall into five groups, according to the first digit of the code: ■ 1xx — Informational. ■ 2xx — The request was successful. ■ 3xx — The client is redirected to a different … Read more

Cookies

Cookies are a key part of the HTTP protocol which most web applications rely upon, and which can frequently be used as a vehicle for exploiting vulnerabilities. The cookie mechanism enables the server to send items of data to the client, which the client stores and resubmits back to the server. Unlike the other types … Read more

HTTP Headers

HTTP supports a large number of different headers, some of which are designed for specific unusual purposes. Some headers can be used for both requests and responses, while others are specific to one of these message types. The headers you are likely to encounter when attacking web applications are listed here. General Headers ■ Connection … Read more

The HTTP Protocol

The hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) is the core communications protocol used to access the World Wide Web and is used by all of today’s web applications. It is a simple protocol that was originally developed for retrieving static text-based resources, and has since been extended and leveraged in various ways to enable it to support the … Read more

Free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates on Centos 6

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Free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates on Centos 6 Let’s Encrypt installation The Let’s Encrypt Client is a fully-featured, extensible client for the Let’s Encrypt CA that can automate the tasks of obtaining certificates and configuring web servers to use them. The installation is simple but in my case on CentOS 6.x I first needed to … Read more

How to create free ssl for website

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How to create free ssl for website How It Works Let’s Encrypt is the first free and open CAWe generate certificates using their ACME server by using domain validation. Private Keys are generated in your browser and never transmitted.For browsers which support Web Cryptography (all modern browsers) we generate a private key in your browser … Read more

Impact of web hosting on online business

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Impact of web hosting on online business Now a days, e-commerce has moved online – and not just for big guys like Amazon, but for millions of smaller companies selling their wares and capabilities. At the same time, these business owners have also seen an increase in the options available for how they host and … Read more

www – World wide web : Introduction to Web Hosting

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What is the World Wide Web? The Web is a network of computers all over the world All the computers in the Web can communicate with each other All the computers use a communication protocol called HTTP Few Terminology : Web information is stored in documents called web pages Web pages are files stored on computers called web servers The … Read more

How to know website’s server specs from its url?

You can use these 3 tools http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=google.com http://builtwith.com/techcrunch.com http://whatcms.org/?s=wordpress.com Which lists all the technologies, the website is apparently using. OR You can run this command wget –save-headers google.com This will save the server header information in an index.html file, which you can open in an editor to view site’s server details. OR You can use … Read more