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When a site creates way too many cookies, you get a “Bad Request – Request Too Long”

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/09

I a while ago, I had this error:

Bad Request – Request Too Long


HTTP Error 400. The size of the request headers is too long.

It happened because over time, Microsoft had managed to store 100+ cookies data locally, making the request some 8k in size. Which they could not handle.

Bad Request - Request Too Long HTTP Error 400. The size of the request headers is too long.

Bad Request – Request Too Long HTTP Error 400. The size of the request headers is too long.

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I’m looking for 12V G4 LED bulbs with a 30mm maximum length (including pins),…

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/08

I’m still looking for 12V G4 LED bulbs with a 30mm maximum length (including pins), preferably:

  • dimmable
  • more than 1W power
  • wide angle
  • no flickering

I found near angle ones at https://www.calex.nl/product/LEDG4-1-5W-3000/ (see picture below).

The G+ link has a suggestion, but I’m looking for more options so I can compare.

Via: [WayBackI’m looking for 12V G4 LED bulbs with a 30mm maximum length (including pins),… – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – Google+

PS: That G+ thread revealed

http://www.supersunled.com/product/1-watt-g4-led-bulb/. This bulb is dimmable, height is 30mm, 360 degree beam angle, 110-130lm.

[WayBack] Omni-directional G4 LED Bulb – 12V 1W G4 Light Bulb

–jeroen

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Posted in LifeHacker, Power User | 4 Comments »

Windows Firewall: Block rules take precedence over Allow rules

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/07

Reminder to self for Windows Firewall: Block rules take precedence over Allow rules (see * below as actually it is even more complex); [WayBackFirewall Rule Properties Page: General Tab has

Firewall rules are evaluated in the following order:

  1. Allow if secure with Override block rules selected in the Customize Allow if Secure Settings dialog box.
  2. Block the connection.
  3. Allow the connection.
  4. Default profile behavior (allow or block as specified on the applicable Profile tab of the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Properties dialog box).

Within each category, rules are evaluated from the most specific to the least specific. A rule that specifies four criteria is selected over a rule that specifies only three criteria.

Which means that this will block TCP port 1024 traffic to bar.exe:

The Block rules are inserted by Windows if you click “Cancel” on a dialog like this (note the lowercase path, despite the application being at C:\Program Files (x86)\Foo\Bar.exe):

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Posted in Firewall, Infrastructure, Power User, Windows | 1 Comment »

CoreFreq – A Powerful CPU Monitoring Tool for Linux Systems

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/07

I need to check out if it finally got available for OpenSuSE: [WayBackCoreFreq – A Powerful CPU Monitoring Tool for Linux Systems

via:

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Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, Linux, openSuSE, Power User, ps, SuSE Linux | 2 Comments »

How to move Gmail sub-label out of hiearchy – Web Applications Stack Exchange

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/04

Source: [WayBack] How to move Gmail sub-label out of hiearchy – Web Applications Stack Exchange

  1. Hover over the label
  2. Click the down error
  3. Choose Edit
  4. Change the nesting

–jeroen

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Old Google+ versions and photo backup may stop working on May 20, 2018 – Google+ Help

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/04

This message was sent because you may have an older version of the Google+ app installed on one of your mobile devices.

Now if the message would tell on which device, I could find it….

Source: [WayBackOld Google+ versions and photo backup may stop working on May 20, 2018 – Google+ Help

–jeroen

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Penetration Testing Tools and nmap Cheat Sheets

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/04

Via [WayBack] Penetration Testing Tools Cheat Sheet https://highon.coffee/blog/penetration-testing-tools-cheat-sheet/ #Security – This is why I Code – Google+

Penetration testing tools cheat sheet, a high level overview / quick reference cheat sheet for penetration testing.

Source: [Archive.isPenetration Testing Tools Cheat Sheet

Nmap Cheat Sheet, examples and practical examples

Source: [Archive.isNmap Cheat Sheet

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Dear Twitter: masked passwords are not the same as hashed passwords. Please refrain from storing them in any recoverable form.

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/04

Apparently Twitter not only logged plain text passwords, but they handle them in a masked form:

Keeping your account secure

When you set a password for your Twitter account, we use technology that masks it so no one at the company can see it. We recently identified a bug that stored passwords unmasked in an internal log. We have fixed the bug, and our investigation shows no indication of breach or misuse by anyone. Out of an abundance of caution, we ask that you consider changing your password on all services where you’ve used this password. Learn more

This seems to imply passwords are not hashed, but can be recovered into plain text.

Please Twitter, ensure that passwords are never recoverable.

Note: after changing your password at https://twitter.com/settings/password visit https://twitter.com/settings/applications

–jeroen

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Happy Password day – BTW: Use a password manager. Don’t reuse passwords. – The Isoblog.

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/04

Since it is password day, please read [WayBackUse a password manager. Don’t reuse passwords. – The Isoblog.

Background:

Lock it down. Add another layer to your password. PasswordDay.org #PasswordDay

–jeroen

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GitLeaks – Search Engine for exposed secrets on the web

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/03

via: [WayBack] Yet another reason to be very careful with what you put in version control: GitLeaks – Search Engine for exposed secrets on the web https://gitleaks.com/This is why I Code – Google+

[Archive.isGitLeaks – Search Engine for exposed secrets on the web

–jeroen

 

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