Posts Tagged ‘401’
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Ok I just came back up to write the intro.. I’m trying to keep it short to avoid getting bogged down by the coolness of each step. Here is what goes on. When I logon to my XP machine at work, I bring my usb key and plug it in first. On logging a window pops up first and it’s a password prompt to mount my encrypted drive leonardo. It also checks a keyfile that is located on my usb key, but all I do now is type in my password. That causes my encrypted folder to be accessible to me like a normal drive, and it autoruns a startup batch file.
The batch file causes Portable versions of Firefox (all my bookmarks, my settings) to load, and launches Portable Mozilla Thunderbird (IMAP makes this work well), which is my favorite program (great GPG features and open-source!). Also Some Adobe CS4 software is loaded from the hard drive, like DreamWeaver. In the background, a service we created executes a PortaPuttY plink command to create forwarded tunnels from various remote servers and accounts, all using key-based encryption. These tunnels are automatically reconnected if they are disconnected, meaning you can use a socks 5 if you want or even better!
Part 1 of 5
Tags: 401, Apache, askapache, ASP, Backups, Bandwidth, bash, bash_profile, Boot, compression, curl, Defrag, Email, encryption, filesystem, Firefox, Flash, GET, Google, GPG, Hard Drive, ionice, Linux, Login, Nice, PageDefrag, password, Performance, Pipelining, Plink, Port, post, Prompt, Putty, ram, rsync, Security, server, servers, Shell, SOCKS, SPEED, SSH, SSH Tunnels, SSI, stat, trick, TrueCrupt, tutorial, USB Drives
Posted in Apache, Cache, Featured, Hacking, Htaccess, Linux Unix BSD, Making Money, Security, Web Design, Web Hosting, Web Tools, Webmaster, WiredTree | 7 Comments »
Monday, January 4th, 2010
There are a total of 57 HTTP Status Codes recognized by the Apache Web Server. Wouldn’t you like to see what all those headers and their output, ErrorDocuments look like?
Tags: 301 Redirect, 302 Redirect, 401, 403 Forbidden, 404 Not Found, 500, 503, admin, Advanced, Apache, askapache, authorization, Bandwidth, curl, Dig, error log, errordocument, Flash, Forms, GET, Google, Htaccess, HTTP Error, HTTP Headers, HTTP Status Codes, httpd, HTTPS SSL, If-Modified-Since, password, Perl, PHP, phpBB, Port, post, ram, Redirect, Redirection, Request Method, Security, SEO, server, servers, Sniffing, Source Code, SSI, stat, tutorial, Wget, Wireshark, WordPress
Posted in Apache, Apache Modules, DreamHost, Featured, Hacking, Htaccess, Linux Unix BSD, Mod_Rewrite, PHP, Server Administration, Web Hosting, Webmaster, WiredTree | 22 Comments »
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Advanced Web Development by AskApache is a Firefox Collection I created since I’m always trying new Addons out and using multiple computers and I wanted a quick and easy way to install my favorite’s and keep a running list. Firebug, YSlow, LastPass, and Web Developer are the only ones I always use regularly.
I like the idea of the last.fm but it’s not as powerful as the site, which is awesome. Lately listening to Kings of Leon Radio…
Tags: 401, 403 Forbidden, 500, Accessibility, Advanced, Ajax, Apache, askapache, Backups, Cache, caching, CommandLine, console, Cookies, CSS, debugging, Dig, DNS, Email, encryption, feed, Firebug, Firefox, Flash, Forms, GET, Gmail, Google, HTTP Headers, HTTPS SSL, Javascript, Login, Networking, Nice, Pagerank, password, Performance, PHP, Port, post, ram, Scripts, Security, SEO, server, servers, SOCKS, Source Code, SPEED, SSH, SSH Tunnels, SSI, stat, tmpfs, trick, Username, Web Development, Wireshark, WordPress, YSlow
Posted in Cache, Firefox, Google, Hacking, Javascript, Making Money, Music, Review, SEO, Security, Web Design, Web Tools, Webmaster, Windows | 4 Comments »
Saturday, January 10th, 2009
Skip this – still under edit
I discovered these tips and tricks mostly while working as a network security penetration specialist hired to find security holes in web hosting environments. Shared hosting is the most common and cheapest form of web-hosting where multiple customers are placed on a single machine and “share” the resources (CPU/RAM/SPACE). The machines are configured to basically ONLY do HTTP and FTP. No shells or any interactive logins, no ssh, just FTP access. That is when I started examining htaccess files in great detail and learned about the incredible untapped power of htaccess. For 99% of the worlds best Apache admins, they don’t use .htaccess much, if AT ALL. It’s much easier, safer, and faster to configure Apache using the httpd.conf file instead. However, this file is almost never readable on shared-hosts, and I’ve never seen it writable. So the only avenue left for those on shared-hosting was and is the .htaccess file, and holy freaking fiber-optics.. it’s almost as powerful as httpd.conf itself!
Most all .htaccess code works in the httpd.conf file, but not all httpd.conf code works in .htaccess files, around 50%. So all the best Apache admins and programmers never used .htaccess files. There was no incentive for those with access to httpd.conf to use htaccess, and the gap grew. It’s common to see “computer gurus” on forums and mailing lists rail against all uses and users of .htaccess files, smugly announcing the well known problems with .htaccess files compared with httpd.conf – I wonder if these “gurus” know the history of the htaccess file, like it’s use in the earliest versions of the HTTP Server- NCSA’s HTTPd, which BTW, became known as Apache HTTP. So you could easily say that htaccess files predates Apache itself.
Once I discovered what .htaccess files could do towards helping me enumerate and exploit security vulnerabilities even on big shared-hosts I focused all my research into .htaccess files, meaning I was reading the venerable Apache HTTP Source code 24/7! I compiled every released version of the Apache Web Server, ever, even NCSA’s, and focused on enumerating the most powerful htaccess directives. Good times! Because my focus was on protocol/file/network vulnerabilites instead of web dev I built up a nice toolbox of htaccess tricks to do unusual things. When I switched over to webdev in 2005 I started using htaccess for websites, not research. I documented most of my favorites and rewrote the htaccess guide for webdevelopers. After some great encouragement on various forums and nets I decided to start a blog to share my work with everyone, AskApache.com was registered, I published my guide, and it was quickly plagiarized and scraped all over the net. Information is freedom, and freedom is information, so this blog has the least restrictive copyright for you. Feel free to modify, copy, republish, sell, or use anything on this site ;)
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Posted in Apache, Apache Modules, Cache, DreamHost, Featured, Google, Hacking, Htaccess, Linux Unix BSD, Mod_Rewrite, SEO, Security, Web Design, Web Hosting, Web Tools, Webmaster, WordPress | 71 Comments »
Friday, December 19th, 2008
This is all new, experimental, and very very cool. It literally uses .htaccess techniques to create several virtual “locked gates” that require a specific key to unlock, in a specific order that cannot be bypassed. It uses whitelisting .htaccess tricks to specify exactly what is allowed, instead of trying to specify everything that isn’t allowed. Also, by setting specific cookies/tokens after successfully passing through a gate, we can then require the exact cookie/token from the previous gate, which stops an attacker from skipping or bypassing gates.
Tags: 302 Redirect, 401, 403 Forbidden, 404 Not Found, 500, 503, Advanced, Apache, askapache, Cookies, Dig, errordocument, GET, Google, Hacking, Htaccess, htaccess tricks, Htpasswd, httpd, HTTPS SSL, Linux, Login, Mod_Rewrite, password, PHP, phpBB, post, Prompt, ram, Redirect, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, Security, server, SetEnvIf, Sniffing, SSI, stat, trick, WordPress
Posted in Apache, Featured, Hacking, Htaccess, Mod_Rewrite, Security | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Unix file permissions are one of the more difficult subjects to grasp.. Well, ok maybe “grasp” isn’t the word.. Master is the right word.. Unix file permissions is a hard topic to fully master, mainly I think because there aren’t many instances when a computer user encounters them. I’ve done a lot of research on it the past couple weeks… and now here’s everything I’ve learned so far.. cuz you guys AskApache Regs Rock!
Tags: 301 Redirect, 302 Redirect, 401, 403 Forbidden, 404 Not Found, 500, 503, Apache, askapache, ASP, Backups, bash, bash_profile, Cache, chmod, Dig, DreamHost, fifo, File Permissions, File System, filesystem, Fsockopen, GET, Hacking, Htaccess, httpd, Linux, Login, password, Perl, PHP, php.ini, Port, Python, ram, Scripts, Security, server, servers, Sessions, Shell, Socket, Source Code, SSH, SSI, stat, trick, umask, Web Hosting
Posted in Apache, Featured, Hacking, Linux Unix BSD, PHP, Security, Server Administration, Shell Scripting, Web Hosting, Webmaster | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Mod_Security rivals Mod_Rewrite in the amount of features it provides. I decided to go ahead and post what I learned about it today, even though its tough to give away such awesome htaccess and apache tricks.. Learn how to control spam once and for all, conditionally log/deny/allow/redirect requests based on IP, username, etc.. Mod_Security is so fine!
Tags: 301 Redirect, 401, 403 Forbidden, 500, 503, admin, Ajax, Apache, apache ssl, askapache, authorization, Bandwidth, Cache, Cache-Control, caching, Cookies, debugging, DreamHost, Email, error log, errordocument, Examples, FilesMatch, GET, Hacking, Htaccess, htaccess files, htaccess guide, htaccess tricks, htaccess tutorial, Htpasswd, HTTP Headers, HTTP Status Codes, httpd, httpd.conf, HTTPS SSL, Login, Logs, Mod_Rewrite, Mod_Rewrite examples, Mod_Security, nsa, password, password protection, Perl, PHP, Port, post, Prompt, ram, Redirect, Request Method, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, Robot, robots, Scanners, Security, SEO, server, servers, SetEnvIf, Shell, SPEED, SSI, stat, trick, tutorial, Username, WordPress
Posted in Apache, Apache Modules, DreamHost, Featured, Htaccess, Security, Web Hosting, Webmaster | 8 Comments »
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
htaccess rewrite / Mod_Rewrite Tips and Tricks is as glamorous as it sounds! htaccess rewrite mod_rewrite is just possibly one of the most useful Apache modules and features. The ability to rewrite requests internally as well as externally is extremely powerful.
Tags: 301 Redirect, 302 Redirect, 401, 403 Forbidden, Advanced, Apache, Apache Htaccess, Apache Modules, apache ssl, askapache, Bandwidth, Cache, Cache-Control, caching, cheatsheet, code snippets, CSS, Dig, errordocument, Examples, experiments, feed, FeedBurner, Firefox, Flash, GET, Hacking, hotlinking, Htaccess, htaccess guide, htaccess rewrite, htaccess tricks, htaccess tutorial, Htpasswd, HTTP Headers, httpd, httpd.conf, HTTPS SSL, Javascript, Login, Mod_Rewrite, Mod_Rewrite examples, Mod_Security, Nice, PDF, Perl, PHP, Port, Redirect, Redirecting URLS, Redirection, Request Method, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, Security, SEO, server, servers, SetEnvIf, SPEED, SSI, stat, SymLinks, trick, tutorial, WordPress
Posted in Apache, Cache, DreamHost, Featured, Htaccess, SEO, Security | 86 Comments »
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Learn how to log and debug usernames and passwords used to login to a htaccess basic authorization protected website using php. This article is BOSS and will show you how to fully take control of this aspect of security using php and .htaccess, I don’t believe you will find instructions to do this anywhere else on the net.
Tags: 401, admin, Apache, askapache, ASP, authorization, debugging, DreamHost, errordocument, GET, HowTo, Htaccess, Htpasswd, httpd, Login, password, PHP, Redirect, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, Security, server, Source Code, stat, Username
Posted in Apache, Apache Modules, DreamHost, Featured, Htaccess, Linux Unix BSD, Mod_Rewrite, PHP, Security, Server Administration, Shell Scripting | 7 Comments »
Saturday, October 20th, 2007
Very nice tutorial dealing with the robots.txt file. Shows examples for google and other search engines. Wordpress robots.txt and phpBB robots.txt sample files.
Tags: 401, 403 Forbidden, 404 Not Found, admin, Advanced, Analytics, Apache, askapache, ASP, Bandwidth, Blocking, Boot, Cache, CSS, Elite, Email, Examples, feed, GET, Google, Htaccess, HTTP Headers, HTTP Status Codes, httpd, HTTPS SSL, Linux, Login, Logs, Nice, Optimization, Perl, PHP, phpBB, Port, post, Python, ram, Redirect, Robot, robots, robots.txt, rsync, SEO, server, SSI, stat, Web Hosting, Wget, Windows XP, WordPress
Posted in Google, SEO, WordPress, phpBB | 18 Comments »