Deploying and Configuring ingress-nginx for Kubernetes Ingress Management
Traditional NodePort services in Kubernetes face critical limitations: each service requires a dedicated port, leading to port exhaustion, and they operate only at Layer 4 (TCP/UDP), lacking HTTP-aware routing capabilities. Ingress addresses these gaps by providing a Layer 7 HTTP(S) routing layer that abstracts external access through domain-ba ...
Posted on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:17:37 +0000 by Nimbuz
Hardening Qlik License Service: Setting Preferred Cipher Suites
TLS 1.2 protocol support has been integrated since June 2017. The Qlik License Service supports the following cipher suites:
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA ...
Posted on Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:05:13 +0000 by ggkfc
Generating Self-Signed SSL Certificates and Private Keys with OpenSSL on Linux
Core Cryptographic File Types
TLS/SSL deployments rely on three distinct artifact categories:
Private Key: Typically RSA-encoded binary data used for asymmetric decryption and handshake authentication.
Certificate Signing Request (CSR): A structured payload bundling your public key with identity attributes, prepared for third-party validation. ...
Posted on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:18:37 +0000 by rayner75
Resolving Self-Signed Certificate Issues with Go's HTTPLIB Package
To create a self-signed certificate for testing, follow these OpenSSL commands:
# Generate private key
openssl genrsa -des3 -out private.key 2048
openssl rsa -in private.key -out private.key
# Create certificate authority
openssl req -new -x509 -key private.key -out rootCA.pem -days 3650
# Generate certificate signing request
openssl req -new ...
Posted on Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:21:11 +0000 by corillo181
Rotating Expired etcd TLS Certificates in a Kubernetes Cluster
When etcd TLS certificates expire, the Kubernetes control plane becomes unstable—API server failures, kubelet connection drops, and cluster-wide unresponsiveness commonly follow. This guide outlines a safe, coordinated procedure to renew etcd’s certificate authority (CA) and member certificates across a multi-node etcd cluster without data loss ...
Posted on Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:43:17 +0000 by TimUSA
Implementing TCP Mutual Authentication with OpenSSL
How OpenSSL Enables Secure TCP Communication
Secure communication over TCP using OpenSSL involves augmenting the standard TCP handshake with a cryptographic authentication process. The standard TCP three-way handshake establishes the basic connection, while OpenSSL's TLS/SSL protocol adds a mutual authentication handshake to exchange encryption ...
Posted on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:03:35 +0000 by holly30
Understanding HTTP Protocol Evolution: From HTTP/1.0 to HTTP/3.0 with Security Fundamentals
Head-of-Line Blocking in HTTP ProtocolsHead-of-line blocking manifests differently across protocol versions. At the TCP layer, when a packet is lost, subsequent data arriving out-of-order must wait in the buffer until retransmission completes. This affects HTTP/2 streams—even though multiple streams can multiplex over a single connection, a los ...
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:05:29 +0000 by unify34