[SANS ISC] Converting PCAP Web Traffic to Apache Log

I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Converting PCAP Web Traffic to Apache Log“: PCAP data can be really useful when you must investigate an incident but when the amount of PCAP files to analyse is counted in gigabytes, it may quickly become tricky to handle. Often, the first protocol

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What are the risks of mismanaging apache users/permissions and what is the right way to do it?

Every time I install Apache to test a script, this question comes up for me. I don’t do it very often, but I remember this being a pain point since about 2007.

A lot of tutorials/forums recommend using:

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Browser Suddenly gets kicked out of client certificate authenticated site on Apache Windows Environment

I have a website in our development environment “Windows / Apache 2.4 server” that has client certificate authentication.

When you initially visit the site, it works ok. Since I have multiple client certificate installed, th… Continue reading Browser Suddenly gets kicked out of client certificate authenticated site on Apache Windows Environment

Milspec Teardown: AH-64A Apache Data Entry Panel

It’s time once again to see how those tax dollars are spent, this time in the form of a “Data Entry Keyboard” manufactured by Hughes Helicopters. This device was built circa 1986 or so, and was used in the AH-64A Apache. Specifically, this panel would have been located by the gunner’s left knee, and served as a general purpose input device for the Apache’s Fire Control System. Eventually the Apache was upgraded with a so-called “glass cockpit”; consolidating various vehicle functions into a handful of multi-purpose digital displays. As such, this particular device became obsolete and was pulled from the …read more

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What is going on with these requests? HEAD with encoded backslash, and my site embedded in the url

I found these entries in my access log, and I found them rather weird. As I don’t know what HEAD’s purpose is here or what their intent was with this. I have the first couple as an example, but it’s happened from multiple IPs… Continue reading What is going on with these requests? HEAD with encoded backslash, and my site embedded in the url