How to Add Domain WHOIS to Your Windows or Linux Ubuntu System.
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Add Domain WHOIS on Ubuntu or Windows
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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.
Recently, I noticed a significant increase in requests from the hostnames like this google-proxy-00-000-00-000.google.com in my log files. Upon investigation, I discovered that this hostname is commonly used for previews in Google Search. However, this explanation did not seem to apply to my situation. Additionally, the source of this information is 10 years old. The received requests from those proxy domains also contained a regular browser user agent string and not an official Google user agent to identify a specific product or service. Further research revealed that Google Chrome is experimenting with hiding the IP address through IP Protection.
I am concerned about this development because routing traffic through Google’s servers may complicate efforts to block DDoS attacks or identify fraudulent activity.
In response to these concerns, Google is considering measures such as requiring authentication with the proxy for users of this feature, preventing the linking of web requests to specific accounts by proxies, and implementing rate-limiting to safeguard against DDoS attacks.
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radar.cloudflare.com – Verified Bots
The Verified Bots service offered by radar.cloudflare.com is a feature that allows website owners to have a good starting point for determining whether a bot might be legitimate.
The latest version of Firefox features a new context menu option on links: “Copy Link Without Site Tracking.”
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abusix.com – email reputation
Abusix.com is an email reputation service seemingly used by Swisscom.
ℹ️ Maybe this article will be expanded someday if I had more touchpoints. The goal is not to introduce the service but to provide a glimpse into touchpoints with technology.
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Website Carbon calculator
You can find the Website Carbon Calculator here to try for yourself. This will give you a glimpse into your website’s eco-friendliness. But don’t be fooled, this check has a lot of limitations.
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web-performance.ch web tools
Debugging the internet or services on the internet can be a challenging task. I regularly need to perform debugging lookups for performance or security. I review lists of IP addresses after defending against attacks on a web property. All of these use cases need specialized tools. Here is a collection of tools I like and use.
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PHP Cron Push Monitoring
I run a cron job every 5 minutes to execute background processes. Once they have successfully completed, I execute the following PHP function to verify their success and measure the execution time. If the execution fails, it sends me a push notification indicating that the push/heartbeat was not received within the expected timeframe. I monitor the push timeframes on statuscake.com.
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Loadtest Tools
There are many tools available, but not all are for the same purpose. I will collect here what I tend to use and build know-how on.