security

I recently upgraded my home network router from a pfSense SG-1100 to a Ubiquiti Unifi Gateway Ultra. The main reason I upgraded was because I already had a unifi switch and unifi wireless access points, and so wanted to complete the eco-system. ISP limitation My ISP uses Carrier-Grade NAT or CGN which means it uses a IPv4 network shared with other house-holds. It also means I cannot port forward services like VPNs to the Internet....

Since last April in 2016, the main BBC Homepage has been accessible only via HTTPS, which I thought was a good step forward, heading in the right direction. However, most pages or URLs still use insecure HTTP. Trying to navigate to a page while manually typing HTTPS in the browser address bar will force a 301 re-direct to HTTP. Here’s an example of cURL while navigating to /news/ path: $ curl -IL https://www....