Questions tagged [web-servers]
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How encrypting website data works
If i wanted to encrypt a password on my website before its sent to the server, would i have to encrypt the password in javascript on the frontend for it to be hidden over the interent or could it be ...
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Is Epoll/Multiplexing suitable to make network requests instead of "listen to" incoming requests?
I'm studying asynchronous IO, concurrent models for IO and how things works on windows, linux and most used web frameworks. I'm struggling on understanding why single-threaded event loops like the one ...
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How to reduce DoS and DDoS attacks in an authenticated web server
I came up with an model to reduce DoS and DDoS attacks and would like your input on its effectiveness... Basically, once a request reaches our servers without having a valid key, we add a key as a ...
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How do non-blocking HTTP servers work?
My question is based on a few assumptions so please correct me on any of them below I know that TCP has always been socket based In order for a server to maintain that socket, a thread has to block ...
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How to route/implement port forwarding with AWS/Apache web server (httpd) with a Node.JS app on port 3000?
I'm trying to understand this and having a hard time. I usually use Ubuntu server, with Apache2, and this time I am not. So I'm a bit out of my element. I'm also a software developer and I don't do ...
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Does DNS reply with more information than just IP address?
So I tried to access certain website using its server IP address and usually it does not go through. Let's assume IP masquerade technique is not being used such as NAT or reverse proxy. This makes me ...
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How should I secure Adminer for production use?
I'm developing an enterprise web application, hosted on site and managed by the corporate IT team. I do not have remote access to the server, and the only way in is through the web interface. I'd like ...
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Best approach to write on a database with two webservers
I have an architecture/performance problem. The problem: One voting based application with: 1 loadbalancer, 2 webservers and a database 10 candidates and 200k voting users. There may be more than 100 ...
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