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.htpasswd is a flat-file used to store usernames and password. This file is generally used by the web server software like Apache, Nginx, etc. in order to verify the users via HTTP basic authentication. What Are .htpasswd File Contents? .htpasswd is a flat or text file that contains ASCII text. .htpaswd file structures are very … Read more
The HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) 502 Bad Gateway the server error is generated when an invalid response is received from a server. “502 Bad Gateway” is an HTTP status code that is defined and standardized with RFC. The “502 Bad Gateway” status code is defined in RFC 10.5.3. What Is “HTTP 502 Bad Gateway” Error? … Read more
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure or HTTPS is an extension and secure alternative to the HTTP protocol. HTTPS is very same with the HTTP where the traffic is encrypted using TLS or Transport Layer Security. All major browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera, Microsoft Edge supports the HTTPS protocol. HTTPS also referred as … Read more
XAMP is a popular software that provides some tools to run a website. These tools names first letters created the XAMP where X is used for both Linux and Windows, A for Apache Webserver, M for MySQL Database Server, P for PHP Programming Language and Interpreter. Also, some extra tools are provided to complement Apache, … Read more
Uniform Resource Identifier or URI is a string of characters that identify specific resources. URI is like an address or Social security number of an entity which can be a web page or a file or a book. URI is generally used in IT and WWW for different types of object identification. URI Standard RFC … Read more
Hypertext Transfer Protocol or HTTP is a protocol used to transmit web pages and its contents like HTML, Image, JavaScript, CSS, etc. HTTP is used in a client-server model where the communication is generally started by the client and the server-side response to the client requests. HTTP History HTTP is created in 1989 by Tim … Read more
SOAP or Simple Object Access Protocol is a messaging protocol that is mainly used to communicate between different application elements. SOAP is very popular in enterprise applications for messaging and data transmission. SOAP History SOAP is not an old protocol that is created in 1998. This version was named as XML-RPC where the XML messages … Read more
SSL certificates are the most important part of web security. SSL is used to encrypt the web traffic between the server and the client. HTTPS protocol simply implements the SSL to make HTTP protocol secure. SSL Certificate SSL certificates are issued to the specific domain or hostname to distinguish given domain or hostname secure and … Read more
Web Servers are an important part of the internet and the web. Web servers used to serve web sites, web pages, APIs, documents, video images, etc. Web servers are generally designed to be dynamic to respond to user requests in a proper fashion. CGI (Common Gateway Interface) is a technology designed to provide dynamic programming … Read more
In IT systems we use a lot of different terms. URI and URL are one of the most popular terms used in IT especially in programming. They can be confused or used interchangeably but they are not the same. In this tutorial, we will explain URI, URL, differences, and similarities between URI and URL. What … Read more