Author: Ryan

How to fix the "No executable found matching command dotnet-ef" error in Visual Studio with .NET Core
ASP.NET / Coding / Web

ASP.NET Core backstory: a transition from closed to open source How a company historically known for its opposition to the open source software paradigm became one of the biggest open source contributors in the world

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If you are a frequent reader of the Coding section of this blog, there's a good chance you are an ASP.NET Core developer - or an IT enthusiast interested in …

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Testing Web APIs - Manning Book Review
ASP.NET / Business processes / C# / Coding / DevOps / Servers & Services / Software / Web

Testing Web APIs - Manning Book Review A valuable resource that can help to ensure your web APIs are consistent and bug-free with an automated testing process built upon Pact.io

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As most readers of this blog already know, I've just finished writing Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core, a book dedicated to Web APIs built with the ASP.NET Core framework …

Testing Web APIs - Manning Book Review A valuable resource that can help to ensure your web APIs are consistent and bug-free with an automated testing process built upon Pact.io Read More
IIS - How to setup the web.config file to send HTTP Security Headers with your web site (and score an A on securityheaders.io)
Business processes / Cyber Security / Data Security / Process management

IT Security Awareness: the importance of training your staff The human factor is crucial to protect any organization against cyber threats: here's how to set up an effective IT security training program

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IT Security Experts have been saying this for years: IT security training is a fundamental element of any cyber security program for any company. All the statistics released by the …

IT Security Awareness: the importance of training your staff The human factor is crucial to protect any organization against cyber threats: here's how to set up an effective IT security training program Read More
Types of Proxy Servers: SOCKS, HTTP(S), FTP, SSL
Cyber Security / Servers & Services / Web

Types of Proxy Servers: SOCKS, HTTP(S), FTP, SSL A high-level overview of the various proxy server protocols available nowadays and the main benefits they provide

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From an IT networking perspective, a proxy server is a dedicated application that acts as an intermediary between a client that requests a resource and the server that provides that …

Types of Proxy Servers: SOCKS, HTTP(S), FTP, SSL A high-level overview of the various proxy server protocols available nowadays and the main benefits they provide Read More
Linux - Come inviare E-Mail con sSMTP (con configurazioni-tipo per GMail, Aruba e Yahoo)
Data Security / Linux / Operating Systems

Linux - Set default permissions when creating new Files with SSH/FTP How to set default RWX permissions when creating, uploading, or adding new files in Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, and other Linux distributions

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Yesterday we have published an article explaining how to set a default group when creating, uploading, or adding new files in Linux: in this post, we'll further expand on that …

Linux - Set default permissions when creating new Files with SSH/FTP How to set default RWX permissions when creating, uploading, or adding new files in Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, and other Linux distributions Read More
ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Cyber Security / Servers & Services

Check if an IP Address is within a given Subnet Mask in C# A simple helper method that can be used to check if a specific IP address is part of a given Subnet Mask using C#

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If you're using a reverse proxy, a CDN such as Cloudflare, a third-party Wide Application Firewall, or any other intermediate caching and/or forwarding service to serve your website over the …

Check if an IP Address is within a given Subnet Mask in C# A simple helper method that can be used to check if a specific IP address is part of a given Subnet Mask using C# Read More
IIS URL Rewrite: redirect di più nomi di dominio su un singolo hostname
Servers & Services / Web / Windows

Restrict access to a website to some IP Addresses using the web.config file How to implement IP Address restrictions blacklists or whitelists using the web.config file instead of the IIS Manager GUI

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Some months ago we published a post explaining how to restrict access to a website to some IP addresses using the IP Address and Domain Name Restrictions IIS feature. In …

Restrict access to a website to some IP Addresses using the web.config file How to implement IP Address restrictions blacklists or whitelists using the web.config file instead of the IIS Manager GUI Read More
Linux - Come inviare E-Mail con sSMTP (con configurazioni-tipo per GMail, Aruba e Yahoo)
Linux / Operating Systems

Linux - Set a default Group when creating new Files with SSH/FTP How to set a default group when creating, uploading, or adding new files in Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, and other Linux distributions

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If you've stumbled upon this post, it most likely means that you're trying to fix a nasty issue affecting your Linux server: every time you upload some new files to …

Linux - Set a default Group when creating new Files with SSH/FTP How to set a default group when creating, uploading, or adding new files in Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, and other Linux distributions Read More
HTTP Authorization methods: Sessions/Cookies, Bearer Tokens, API Keys, Signatures, Certificates
ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Cyber Security / Servers & Services / Web

HTTP Authorization methods: Sessions/Cookies, Bearer Tokens, API Keys, Signatures, Certificates An extensive overview of the most used HTTP-based authorization methods, techniques and approaches used in modern web sites and services

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In general terms, authorization refers to the permission or power to perform, carry out or exercise certain rights. In the IT field, authorization is defined as the process by which …

HTTP Authorization methods: Sessions/Cookies, Bearer Tokens, API Keys, Signatures, Certificates An extensive overview of the most used HTTP-based authorization methods, techniques and approaches used in modern web sites and services Read More
DevOps Methodology, Lifecycle and Best Practices explained
Agile / Business innovation / Business processes / Coding / DevOps

The Role of Automation in Software Development Lifecycle What a CI/CD pipeline is, how it works, and why implementing it can dramatically increase an organization's productivity, reliability and innovation capabilities

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A few months ago we published a post about  DevOps ,  a software development methodology that combines software development (Dev) with information technology operations (Ops) in the entire service lifecycle: from the initial …

The Role of Automation in Software Development Lifecycle What a CI/CD pipeline is, how it works, and why implementing it can dramatically increase an organization's productivity, reliability and innovation capabilities Read More