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Cloudflare CEO blames single engineer for internal server error that took down roughly half of the internet—the real cause runs deeper
A blog post by Matthew Prince, Cloudflare's CEO, suggests that Cloudflare repeated CrowdStrike's mistake: updating the entire infrastructure without...
Install IIS and PHP 8.x on Windows 11 and Server 2025 (Core)
PHP is still available on Windows despite Microsoft no longer providing support for version 8.x. It can be integrated...
OWASP ModSecurity: Web Application Firewall (WAF) for IIS
OWASP ModSecurity is an open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) that protects web servers from common attacks. ModSecurity inspects all...
Block AI scrapers with Cloudflare
In my last post, I discussed three standard methods to block AI crawlers that have little prospect of being...
Install Let’s Encrypt certificates on Windows with Certbot and export as PFX
Let's Encrypt offers free certificates that are only valid for 90 days. Because manually renewing them every three months...
How to enable Azure App Service Automatic Scaling
Azure App Service Automatic Scaling is a new feature that intelligently manages the number of instances of a web...
Deploy GitHub Pages with custom GitHub Actions workflows
GitHub Actions workflows for GitHub Pages just became generally available. GitHub Pages is a service that lets you host...
Assigning proxy settings in Windows automatically with a PAC File
Proxy server settings can be automatically deployed to clients using the Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD). This protocol utilizes...
Debug with Docker in VS Code
This post will guide you in debugging containerized apps running in Docker using Visual Studio (VS) Code.
Install and enable IIS Manager for Remote Administration
This post will help you get started with IIS remote management, so you no longer need to RDP into...
Setting up a secure FTP server (FTPS) on Windows
In addition to the web server, Internet Information Services (IIS) contain an FTP server. It is integrated with the...
IIS and Exchange Server security with Windows Extended Protection (WEP)
A little-known extension helps to increase the security of Windows Authentication to prevent credential relay or "man in the...
Automate file downloads with Windows FTP or curl
If you need to download files regularly from an FTP server, Windows offers two onboard tools to automate this...
How to use curl on Windows
Curl (client URL) is a command-line tool powered by the libcurl library to transfer data to and from the...
IIS shared configuration
Since version 7, Internet Information Services (IIS) has offered a built-in feature known as IIS Shared Configuration, which uses...
Troubleshoot HTTP Error 403.14 – Forbidden in IIS
In a previous post, you learned how to troubleshoot 401 – Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials....
In a previous post, you learned how to troubleshoot HTTP Error 500 – Internal server error. In this post,...
Debugging an IIS 500 – Internal server error
If your Internet Information Services (IIS) produces a 500 – Internal server error, your website is in serious trouble....
Troubleshoot 401 – Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials in IIS
In my previous post, you learned how to troubleshoot HTTP Error 503. Today, we will look into how to...


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