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URL Length Limits

Today’s question is a simple one: “What is the maximum URL length supported by Internet Explorer?” And the answer, as befitting an IEInternals post, is surprisingly complicated.  The simplistic answer...

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Strict Transport Security

Ivan Ristic’s meticulously researched Bulletproof SSL & TLS book spurred me to spend some time thinking about the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) feature under development by the Internet...

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Optimizing Sprites

Today, I’m writing about a topic I personally know little about, but I’ve heard experts mention it in passing for years. I couldn’t find any good references, hence the post below. The first rule for...

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Caveats for Authenticode Code Signing

Back in 2011, I wrote a long post about Authenticode, Microsoft’s Code Signing technology. In that post, I noted: Digitally signing your code helps to ensure that it cannot be tampered with, either on...

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New Microsoft Message Analyzer Released

If you want to monitor extremely low-level network traffic (e.g. TCP/IP packet flags, HTTPS alert records, etc), then Fiddler typically cannot help you; you will need to use a packet capture tool like...

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Compressing the Web

Be succinct. Virtually any network-based application can be made faster by optimizing the number of bytes transferred across the network. Taking advantage of caching is a great way to minimize transfer...

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Script Polyglots

Lately, there’s been a resurgence of interest in hiding script inside files of other types; sometimes this is known as a polyglot file. On Twitter, there’s been some excitement about a new tool that...

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HTTPS In 2015

Last week at the CodeMash conference, I delivered a session titled HTTPS in 2015: Securing your websites and services using HTTPS has never been more important, or more complicated. In this talk, a...

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In Case You Missed It

A random collection of noteworthy links: Spartan PM Jacob Rossi wrote about the new Project Spartan rendering engine. Spartan Developer Justin Rogers has a great new blog on development in general,...

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Authenticode in 2015

Back in 2011, I wrote a post explaining why and how software developers should use Authenticode to digitally sign their applications. While the vast majority of the original post remains relevant, in...

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