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This year, we have a new method for Domain Control Validation arriving called DNS-PERSIST-01. It is quite a fundamental change from how we do DCV now, so let's take a look at the benefits and the drawbacks.
First, a quick recapWhen you approach a Certificate Authority, like Let's Encrypt, to issue you a certificate, you need to complete DCV. If I go to Let's Encr...
It's not often that two of my interests align so well, but we're talking about space rockets and cyber security! Whilst Magecart and Magecart-style attacks might not be the most common attack vector at the moment, they are still happening with worrying frequency, and they are still catching out some pretty big organisations...
Mage-who?I've talked about Magecart...
Dogfooding is often talked about as a best practice, but I don't often see the results of such activities. For all new features introduced on Report URI, we are always the first to try them out and see how they work. In this post, we'll look at a few examples of issues that we found on Report URI using Report URI, and how you can use our platform to identify exactly the same ...
What a great way to start 2026! Let's Encrypt have now made their short-lived certificates available, so you can go and start using them right away.
It wasn't long ago when the
Throughout 2025, I spoke a few times about our home energy solution, including our grid usage, our solar array and our Tesla Powerwall batteries. Now that I have a full year of data, I wanted to take a look at exactly how everything is working out, and, in alignment with our objectives, how much money we've saved!
Our setupJust to give a quick overview of what we...