Questions tagged [https]
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a secure HTTP over SSL/TLS protocol to secure communication over a network.
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How to deliver static frontend via CDN (https) to customer for an on-prem client (http)
Our customers have specific backend programs running on their local machines with no access to the internet, we want to deliver a UI to them to help visualizing their backend(s). The customers ...
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Which is technology is preferably for uploading desktop application usage statistics, SFTP, or HTTPS?
I would like to add functionality to an existing .NET 6, WinForms app (currently migrating to .NET 8 if that is of any relevance), to periodically upload user usage metrics, in addition to providing ...
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How should I handle docker containers and SSL certificates
Background We have a number of backend api's that do work; some connect to equipment, some store data, etc. The original setup was each service was a native c# asp.net 6 minimal api running on a ...
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Requiring HTTPS for an application "end to end", but not via a proxy server
We have a on-premise web application with frontend (Node/Express) and backend (Python/Flask), which, like every other web application I've ever worked on, provided HTTPS by using a proxy web server (...
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How to efficiently communicate with Raspberry Pi using Django/Python
I have a raspberry pi that is sending an https request to my Django application every 2 seconds. The request is essentially asking the application 'Has a user requested data from me?' My Django ...
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Modular design of authentication schemes for a http client
I want to make a httpClient wrapper that is able to use a predefined set of authentification methods: basic, digest, token (oauth), ntlm just to name a few that I will have to implement. My approach ...
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Suitable networking protocols for low latency, one-packet messaging
What would be some suitable transport and application layer protocols for a secure payments network where low latency is a key goal? Here "low latency" means completing an encrypted ...
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Do you need to implement TLS versions < 1.3 if you were to implement a TLS supporting library today?
I am looking at all the green and red boxes here, and am wondering what it would look like if one were to "implement TLS" today? What should you implement if you were to implement TLS today? Do you ...
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How can I protect the user password?
I am creating a MEAN stack application. I have noticed by chance that whenever I send the credentials of the user to the backend, I can "fish" it from the network option on the browser (F12). See ...
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Tomcat redirect HTTPS to HTTP
Made system update to temporarily disable HTTPS in our Tomcat server. Previous users are still using Https:// URL to access system and receive error message because it's disabled. Would like to ...
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Secure Admin-pages-only login without HTTPS
I'm adding admin dashboard to a website that doesn't use HTTPS. For now only that (admin) section requires user authentication. If I use encrypted + salted password and check the client IP address to ...
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Push Notifications : FCM : Https Issue
As per the documentation at https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/js/client, The FCM SDK is supported only in pages served over HTTPS. This is due to its use of service workers, which ...
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Why not put TLS certificate in DNS responses?
The security of a TLS connection relies on trusting the CA's certificate, which in turn, is usually actually a proof of DNS entry ownership. Even though the server operator may request a certificate ...
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How to configure HTTPS for deployments without a host name
I currently am in charge of networked linux based hardware that exposes HTTP connections. I want to be able to connect to these through HTTPS, but the hardware deployment has 1000's of installations. ...
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How are some websites utilizing .JSON protocols as their web address
https://www.toyota.de/automobile/corolla/index.json I understand how .JSON works but, how is it possible to use that instead of say, .php or .html this is the first time I've seen anything like that.
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