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Crazy Advanced Mod_Rewrite Debug Tutorial

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Note: Extremely ILL Content
Find the key to unlocking mod_rewrite and you WILL be sick.. sick with a diamond disease on your wrist!

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Posted in Apache, Apache Modules, Featured, Htaccess, Linux Unix BSD, Mod_Rewrite, Security, Server Administration, Web Hosting, Webmaster | 23 Comments »

Advanced Htaccess Demo/Example using Cookies, Headers, Rewrites

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Whoa pretty sweet huh? Bet you’ve never seen that before! As I explain the htaccess code that achieves this, keep in mind this is merely one simple application for this code. It’s much more advanced than your basic htaccess trick, notice how this htaccess acts like a php script, very unusual.. I really wanted to share this trick after I created it for one of my clients because this is the tip of the iceberg. Another use would be to display an alternate style sheet depending on a users theme preference. The coolest thing about this example IMHO is that it uses multiple advanced .htaccess ideas in order for it to work, most htaccess code on the net is very singular. This code uses mod_headers to set the Content-Disposition header for forcing a download and uses mod_rewrite to do the rest.

Tags: Advanced, Apache, askapache, cheatsheet, Cookies, Dig, Examples, experiments, Forms, GET, Htaccess, htaccess rewrite, htaccess tutorial, HTTP Headers, Javascript, Mod_Rewrite, nsa, PDF, Performance, PHP, Port, ram, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, Security, server, SSI, trick, tutorial
Posted in Apache, Featured, Htaccess, Javascript, Mod_Rewrite, PHP | 7 Comments »

Advanced Htaccess – SSI, ErrorDocuments, DirectoryIndexing SEO

Monday, March 9th, 2009

3-Part article covering practical implementation of 3 advanced .htaccess features. Discover an easy way to boost your SEO the AskApache way (focus on visitors), a tip you might keep and use for life. Get some cool security tricks to use against spammers, crackers, and other nefarious sorts. Take your site’s error handling to the next level, enhanced ErrorDocuments that go beyond 404′s.

Tags: 403 Forbidden, 404 Not Found, 500, 503, admin, Advanced, Apache, Apache Htaccess, askapache, AskApache Google 404, ASP, bash, Cache, Cookies, CSS, Dig, Email, errordocument, feed, Firefox, Forms, GET, Google, HowTo, Htaccess, htaccess files, htaccess rewrite, HTTP Headers, HTTP-EQUIV, httpd, HTTPS SSL, Javascript, Linux, mod_include, Nice, password, Perl, PHP, Port, ram, Redirect, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, Scripts, Security, SEO, server, Server Side Includes, servers, SetEnvIf, Source Code, SSH, SSI, stat, SymLinks, trick, WordPress
Posted in Apache, Apache Modules, Cache, DNS, DreamHost, Featured, Hacking, Htaccess, Mod_Rewrite, SEO, Security, Web Hosting, Webmaster, WiredTree | 1 Comment »

The Ultimate Htaccess

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 »

.htaccess Plugin Blocks Spam, Hackers, and Password Protects Blog

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Well what can I say, other than this is sooo DOPE! Here is a list of the modules this plugin (version 4.7 unreleased) will automatically detect. I compiled the list myself using every module included with any default Apache installation for ALL the versions listed below, 1.3 to 2.2+

Want to know something else I’m including in this plugin? For each and every module that is detected, this plugin can then detect ALL of the modules .htaccess Directives! For instance, RewriteRule, AccessFileName, AddHandler, etc.. are each a directive belonging to a module that is allowed to be used from within .htaccess files.

Talk about sick.. these tricks have the diamond disease!

Tags: .htaccess plugin, 301 Redirect, 401, 403 Forbidden, admin, Advanced, Anti-Spam, Apache, askapache, ASP, Cache, Cookies, CSS, Dig, Email, errordocument, feed, FilesMatch, Firefox, GET, Hacking, hotlinking, Htaccess, htaccess files, htaccess rewrite, htaccess tricks, Htpasswd, HTTP Headers, httpd, HTTPS SSL, Login, mod_include, Mod_Rewrite, Mod_Security, Mod_Setenvif, password, PDF, PHP, Port, post, Redirect, Request Method, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, Security, server, servers, SetEnvIf, Source Code, SSI, stat, SymLinks, trick, WordPress
Posted in Apache, Cache, Featured, Hacking, Htaccess, PHP, SEO, Security, WordPress, WordPress Plugins | 39 Comments »

Mod_Rewrite Variables Cheatsheet

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

We’ve figured out what mod_rewrite variables look like, a cheatsheet of the actual value.

Tags: admin, Advanced, Apache, askapache, Cache, cheatsheet, Cookies, Dig, Email, error log, Examples, Firefox, GET, Htaccess, htaccess rewrite, HTTP Headers, httpd, httpd.conf, HTTPS SSL, Linux, Mod_Rewrite, Mod_Rewrite cheatsheet, Mod_Rewrite examples, nsa, PHP, Port, post, ram, Redirect, Redirection, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, server, servers, Source Code, SSI, stat, SymLinks, trick, tutorial
Posted in Apache, Apache Modules, DreamHost, Featured, Hacking, Htaccess, Linux Unix BSD, Mod_Rewrite, SEO, Security, Server Administration, Web Design, Web Hosting, Web Tools, Webmaster | 5 Comments »

Smart HTTP and HTTPS .htaccess Rewrite

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

This is freaking sweet if you use SSL I promise you! Basically instead of having to check for HTTPS using a RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on for every redirect that can be either HTTP or HTTPS, I set an environment variable once with the value “http” or “https” if HTTP or HTTPS is being used for that request, and use that env variable in the RewriteRule.

Tags: 301 Redirect, Apache, askapache, Htaccess, htaccess rewrite, HTTPS SSL, Mod_Rewrite, Port, Redirect, Redirection, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, server
Posted in Apache, DreamHost, Featured, Htaccess | 17 Comments »

.Htaccess rewrites, Mod_Rewrite Tricks and Tips

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.

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Posted in Apache, Cache, DreamHost, Featured, Htaccess, SEO, Security | 86 Comments »

Apache SSL in htaccess examples

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

SSLOptions +StrictRequire
SSLRequireSSL
SSLRequire %{HTTP_HOST} eq "google.com"
ErrorDocument 403 https://google.com

Some of the Ins and Outs of using SSL Connections with Apache.

Tags: 301 Redirect, 302 Redirect, 403 Forbidden, admin, Apache, apache ssl, askapache, authorization, Cache, Cookies, Dig, Elite, Email, encryption, errordocument, Examples, GET, Google, Htaccess, htaccess files, htaccess rewrite, HTTP Status Codes, HTTPS SSL, Login, Logs, Mod_Rewrite, Nice, password, Performance, Perl, Port, Prompt, ram, Redirect, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, Scripts, Security, SEO, server, server config, SPEED, SSI, stat, SymLinks, Username
Posted in Htaccess, Security, Webmaster | 13 Comments »

.htaccess mod_rewrite rewrite examples

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

A hit-list of some of my favorite mod_rewrite code snippets for .htaccess files

Tags: 301 Redirect, 403 Forbidden, Apache, askapache, Cache, code snippets, CSS, Examples, Flash, GET, Htaccess, htaccess rewrite, HTTP Status Codes, Javascript, Mod_Rewrite, Mod_Rewrite examples, Nice, PDF, Perl, PHP, post, Redirect, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, SEO, server, SSI, stat
Posted in Apache, Htaccess, SEO | 4 Comments »

Redirect index.php to root

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

WordPress blogs show the same duplicate content for http://www.askapache.com/index.php and http://www.askapache.com/. If you’ve read about using a robots.txt file for WordPress SEO, than you already understand this setup results in Duplicate Content penalties being levied against your Blog and Web Site by Search Engines.

Tags: 301 Redirect, Apache, askapache, Htaccess, htaccess rewrite, Logs, Mod_Rewrite, PHP, Redirect, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, Robot, robots, robots.txt, SEO, server, server config, SSI, SymLinks, trick, WordPress
Posted in Apache, DreamHost, Htaccess, SEO, WordPress | 13 Comments »

htaccess rewrite, htaccess

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Comprehensive .htaccess example file with advanced examples in 1 htaccess sample skeleton .htaccess file with the very best apache htaccess examples… Updated frequently based on detailed info from the Apache htaccess tutorial.

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Posted in Apache, Cache, DreamHost, Htaccess, SEO, Security, Webmaster | 10 Comments »

Using TIME_HOUR and TIME_MIN for htaccess RewriteCond

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

If you want to redirect to a different version of a file based on the time, this code is for you! Please read: Serve Alternate Content based on Time

Tags: Apache, askapache, GET, Htaccess, htaccess rewrite, Mod_Rewrite, Redirect, Rewrite Tricks, rewritecond, rewriterule, Scripts, SSI
Posted in Apache, Htaccess | 2 Comments »

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Posts Tagged ‘htaccess rewrite’

Crazy Advanced Mod_Rewrite Debug Tutorial

Advanced Htaccess Demo/Example using Cookies, Headers, Rewrites

Advanced Htaccess – SSI, ErrorDocuments, DirectoryIndexing SEO

Mod_Rewrite Variables Cheatsheet

Smart HTTP and HTTPS .htaccess Rewrite

.htaccess mod_rewrite rewrite examples

Redirect index.php to root

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Using TIME_HOUR and TIME_MIN for htaccess RewriteCond

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