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Trying to come up with my own little self-hosted #http #authentication #daemon to work with #nginx' "authentication request" facility ... first step done! 🥳

Now I have a subset of HTTP 1.x implemented in #C, together with a dummy handler showing nothing but a static hello-world root document.

I know it's kind of stubborn doing that in C, but hey, #coding it is great fun 🙈

github.com/Zirias/swad

Simple Web Authentication Daemon. Contribute to Zirias/swad development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHubGitHub - Zirias/swad: Simple Web Authentication DaemonSimple Web Authentication Daemon. Contribute to Zirias/swad development by creating an account on GitHub.

From: blenderdumbass . org

The multiplayer, or the lack there of, at the moment is so utterly broken and so lacking of being properly made that for a long time, I was just not bothering with it. Seeing it as something unnecessary. Something that does not need to be touched, because other things, like the...

Read or listen:
https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/a_rant_about_making_a_multiplayer_game

#Gamedev #DanisRace #Networking #Multiplayer #TCP #HTTP #Programming #Python #UPBGE #Blender3d #GNU #Linux #GamingOnLinux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

blenderdumbass . orgA Rant About Making a Multiplayer Game

Should you ever run across an article that says you don't need a VPN because most every website use HTTPS, be aware that you can not see the encryption, or the lack of it, in mobile apps. Thus, things like this happen - Apple did not bother to upgrade their own software from HTTP to HTTPS.

9to5mac.com/2025/03/18/apples-
Apple’s Passwords app was vulnerable to phishing attacks for nearly three months after launch
#vpn #http #https #encryption

9to5Mac · Apple's Passwords app was vulnerable to phishing attacks for nearly three months after launch - 9to5MacIn iOS 18, Apple spun off its Keychain password management tool—previously only tucked away in Settings—into a standalone app called...

A vueltas con las Redes...

" De acuerdo con Christine Lemmer-Webber, coautora del protocolo #ActivityPub:

> #Bluesky está construido por buenas personas que se preocupan, y está proporcionando algo que la gente quiere y necesita desesperadamente. Si buscas un sustituto de Twitter, hoy puedes encontrarlo en Bluesky.

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How browsers REALLY load Web pages

When browsers load a Web page and its subresources, A LOT happens under the hood. They need to take into account render/parsing blocking resources, use a preload scanner, listen to resource hints (like preload/preconnect), loading modifiers (async/defer/module), fetchpriority, responsive images, and much more. […]

📺 fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event

fosdem.orgFOSDEM 2025 - How browsers REALLY load Web pages
#video#web#browser