That may sound like a somewhat contradictory blog post title, yet here we are. I recently overclocked my PC to extend its life!OverclockingWhen you overclock a PC you configure it run faster than it is supposed to. Let's say you have a 3.0GHz CPU, you might configure it…
Is your security up to scratch? How do you know? Would you like to know? Security is becoming more and more important each day and it's something I have a keen desire to keep on top of. Over at Report URI we recently had ourselves tested against a UK Government…
It was our most requested feature and simultaneously really simple and really complicated, but it's finally here. DMARC reporting allows you to detect and prevent fraudulent emails being sent that claim to be from your domain when they aren't. DMARC reports are another valuable source of information that you can…
Let's Encrypt are amazing and regular readers will know I'm a huge fan of theirs, having covered them numerous times on my blog. They issue more certificates and cover more domains than any other CA out there, all for free. Whilst all of these are amazing facts, we are creating…
Well, 2018 has been another outrageous year and looking back across some of the things I've done is actually pretty mind boggling! As the year is drawing to a close, I feel absolutely exhausted and now I can see why.Report URIAnother massive part of 2018 for me, just like…
I've seen this mentioned a few times now and I think it's time we had some solid facts on why this just isn't the case. Like many restrictions around deploying HTTPS have recently bitten the dirt, backwards compatibility is also another one we can strike off the list.Recent advancementsOver…
I recently saw a tweet that got me thinking, then it got me reading, then it kept me busy for about an hour. In that short space of time I managed to take control of a lot of domains that were up for grabs. Of course, as the title suggests,…
I'm a strong supporter of 2FA and we implemented it some time ago on Report URI. All users can use 2FA on their account for free, whether they pay for a subscription or not, and it represents a great way to boost the security of your account. However, problem does…
I was debating whether or not to call Clear Site Data a Security Header but in the end I decided I would. During the use of a web app we can leave various pieces of data in the browser that we'd like to clear out if the user logs out…
We use Cloudflare Workers extensively at Report URI and over the last few months we've been testing a major update to how we use them. With this recent change we've seen a monstrous drop in the volume of traffic we're handling at our origin. Here's how we did it.Report…
