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OCSP Stapling on Nginx and Apache webserver

OCSP Stapling on Nginx and Apache webserver
To understand OCSP stapling, it is necessary to understand OCSP, the Online Certificate Status Protocol. OCSP is a protocol for determining whether a certificate is revoked (for instance, becau se its private key was compromised). Every time a browser connects to an HTTPS website, it contacts the OCSP responder specified in the SSL certificate, and asks if the certificate is revoked. If the respond er replies that the certificate is revoked, the browser blocks the page from loading.

Most secure SSL/TLS configuration for Apache, Nginx, Postfix, Dovecot, HAProxy and other

Most secure SSL/TLS configuration for Apache, Nginx, Postfix, Dovecot, HAProxy and other

What is a cipher suite?

Cipher suites decide how secure, compatible and fast your HTTPS website is. A cipher suite is a set of information that helps determine how your web server will communicate secure data over HTTPS.
A web server uses certain protocols and algorithms to determine how it will secure your web traffic. These are the ingredients of a secure connection. A cipher suite is essentially a list of those ingredients.

apache mod_rewrite module guide - part 1

apache mod_rewrite module guide - part 1
mod_rewrite is an Apache module that allows for server-side manipulation of requested URLs. Incoming URLs are checked against a series of rules. The rules contain a regular expression to detect a particular pattern. If the pattern is found in the URL, and the proper conditions are met, the pattern is replaced with a provided substitution string or action. This process continues until there are no more rules left or the process is explicitly told to stop.

Apache server - Terms Used to Describe Directives

Apache server - Terms Used to Describe Directives

Have you sometime a question what is url, url-path, file-path, regex, mime-type and more? The answer is in this article. We describe a basic terms used to describe apache webserver directives.

Directives use a great number of different argument types. A few common ones are defined below.

URL

A complete Uniform Resource Locator including a scheme, hostname, and optional pathname as in http://www.example.com/path/to/file.html/

URL-PATH

The part of a url which follows the scheme and hostname as in /path/to/file.html. The url-path represents a web-view of a resource, as opposed to a file-system view.