Hackaday Links: August 11, 2024

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“Please say it wasn’t a regex, please say it wasn’t a regex; aww, crap, it was a regex!” That seems to be the conclusion now that Crowdstrike has released a …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: August 11, 2024

How did I obtain a wildcard SSL certificate without port 80 opened for a challenge?

I wanted to secure my apps running in a private subnet with SSL. Albeit not necessary, it is very nice to have.
Because of my constant changes, I opted for a wildcard ssl certificate through my DNS provider Cloudflare by providing Nginx Pr… Continue reading How did I obtain a wildcard SSL certificate without port 80 opened for a challenge?

Do subdomains of a TLD with mandatory HTTPS require a wildcard certificate?

Many new TLDs have mandatory HTTPS requirements. Is there a way to disable that for subdomains? If not does that mean an expensive wildcard SSL certificate will need to be used with these domains?
So if I have a service running at sub.doma… Continue reading Do subdomains of a TLD with mandatory HTTPS require a wildcard certificate?

How to generate PFX file for Wild Card SSL Certificate using Openssl Command in Linux

I want to generate PFX file for my Wild Card SSL Certificate. I am using below mentioned command to generate the same however getting error message:
openssl pkcs12 -export -out ./star_domain_com.pfx -inkey ./star.domain.com_CSR_Private_Key… Continue reading How to generate PFX file for Wild Card SSL Certificate using Openssl Command in Linux

Searching words starting with a specific letter in google dorks? [closed]

I want to search for words starting with a specific letter in the same order.
Is there any operator in google dorks through which I can apply wild operations on letters instead of words?
Example:
Basic query for wild operations on words is… Continue reading Searching words starting with a specific letter in google dorks? [closed]

Should a wildcard cert. e.g. *.example.com, be accepted to authenticate the root domain not listed as SAN? [duplicate]

(This has been marked a duplicate of SSL Cert for sub.domain.com and www.sub.domain.com, but while it’s correct that the answer to this question is present in the answers there, that question is distinctly different and people looking for … Continue reading Should a wildcard cert. e.g. *.example.com, be accepted to authenticate the root domain not listed as SAN? [duplicate]