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Web

Introduction of requirements for email senders

Google and Yahoo is pushing a timeline and a phased introduction of new requirements for email senders and especially bulk-email senders, which are set to begin in February 2024 and continue over the following months.

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Security

Exploring CVE with CVEMap Command Line Tool

CVEMap is a user-friendly, open-source command-line interface (CLI) tool engineered for seamless exploration of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs). Its purpose is to provide a smooth and intuitive platform for delving into vulnerability databases. However, the tool relies on a free cloud service.

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Azure

Azure CLI, api-version is invalid

I supported with an issue involving the Azure CLI being called in an Azure DevOps Pipeline.

- task: AzureCLI@2
  displayName: Create Deployment Slot
  inputs:
    azureSubscription: "${{ variables.Azure_Subscription }}"
    scriptType: "bash"
    scriptLocation: "inlineScript"
    inlineScript: |
      az webapp deployment slot create 
        --name "${{ variables.Azure_WebAppName }}" 
        --resource-group "${{ variables.Azure_ResourceGroup }}" 
        --slot "${{ variables.Azure_DeploymentSlotName }}" 
        --configuration-source "${{ variables.Azure_WebAppName }}" 

It’s returning the error “InvalidApiVersionParameter” along with “The api-version ‘2023-01-01’ is invalid.”

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Web

Internet Archive the Wayback Machine

Today, the news broke that the Google search feature to view a cached version of a webpage will be retired and completely removed.

But the Internet Archive, with the Wayback Machine, has our back. The service is great and worth a try.

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Web

DNS CNAME & DNAME mappings

I came across the question of a DNAME record and whether it could be used to redirect a website. I was not aware of a DNAME record type in DNS so I went looking. It’s a mapping comparable to a CNAME but more broad.

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Web

Add Domain WHOIS on Ubuntu or Windows

How to Add Domain WHOIS to Your Windows or Linux Ubuntu System.

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Monitoring

DNS Record Monitoring Service

I’ve been recently exploring the monitoring and capturing of DNS entry history for various types of DNS records, with a focus on (SOA, NS, MX, AAAA, A, TXT, CNAME) records. When working with different companies, you might build services that rely on DNS operated by other companies and individuals. Mistakes can occur when the service goes offline or automatic TLS certificate issuance fails. It’s important to monitor DNS records, set up alerts, and maintain a historical record of changes for specific DNS entries, including the chain of CNAME resolutions, without excessively capturing the rotation of DNS entries.

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Web

Freshping.io Service Undergoing Renovation

Freshping offered an excellent free service for monitoring websites with a 1-minute interval. In comparison, Statuscake’s free plan is limited to a check every 5 minutes. In November 2023, a notice was published stating that all support for free plans would be discontinued for new development. I’m curious about what’s to come, and I hope the service will either remain the same or improve. Of course, the free plan is suitable for personal websites like this one, but in my opinion, it’s not suitable for professional websites. For those, a paid plan is usually the preferred choice.

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Azure News

Azure Incident on January 21, 2024

Azure was reporting an issue on their status page. I have found it to be impacting services.

https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status

The case was resolved. In 14 days (February 5th, 2024), we can expect a final report. The final report was posted.

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News Security

NoName057(16) DDoS January 2024

Before the World Economic Forum in January 2024 in Davos Switzerland, Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Switzerland on Sunday and was officially received with military honors. On the same day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Swiss Parliament Building in Bern. The World Economic Forum began in Davos on Monday. By Wednesday January 17th 2024, the first public reports appeared regarding DDoS attacks against websites in Switzerland, attributing them to the group NoName057(16).