The Weekly Dev - 202202
API and Certificates
On into the new year, that doesn't really promise to be much better than the previous one. The new is not necessarily good by itself, a lot of good teachings come from past mistakes, and the willingness to look the present through their lens.
For the digital sphere, here a couple of interesting reads:
A bright writeup about "Frankenstein APIs", that is to say: the spreading of unofficial APIs for services that everyone wants and/or needs for consumption by some sort of application.
Source: weblogs.asp.net/bhouse/brenton-house
The Original Cookie specification from 1997 was GDPR compliant
Some reflection on the Cookie as it was conceived in the far 1997, compared to today's debate on top of it.
Source: baekdal.com
Investigating CAN Bus Network Integrity in Avionics Systems
An old article about CAN bus security in the avionic field.
Source: rapid7.com
A nice visual review of unix terminal tools that are either uncommon, or whose usefulness is somewhat obscured from more documented, suboptimal alternatives.
Source: kkovacs.eu
When a web PKI certificate won't cut it
A particularly unexplored angle about the usage of PKI and when (not) to rely on publicly recognized Certification Autorities.
Source: emilystark.com
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