Category: security

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peter.green automation, AWS, devops, Elastic Beanstalk, security, SSL, sysadmin

Correctly Terminating SSL at the ELB in your Elastic Beanstalk Environment

So, you’ve followed the AWS documents to enable HTTPS for your Elastic Beanstalk environment (perhaps using the new Certificate Manager service), but your attempts to reach the application’s secure URL seem to time out? This is the scenario my brother and I found ourselves in after trying to add SSL to an existing application he […]

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Security Conscious: Google Two Factor Authentication with 3rd Party Sites

I’m sure many of you are aware that Google offer an option to enable two-factor authentication in order to access their services. If aren’t familiar with the system, or simply haven’t enabled it on your account(s) already, then I strongly recommend that you read Google’s guide on the subject and enable it for any accounts […]