2026-10-05
Under the phrase “TLS type” people usually mean different things: protocol version (1.2 or 1.3), cipher suite, certificate type (DV, OV, EV) or a scheme where the client also presents a certificate (mTLS). In this part — …
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HTTPS — this is HTTP transmitted inside a TLS (Transport Layer Security) connection. TLS solves three problems: it encrypts data so they cannot be read in transit; it verifies integrity so they cannot be altered; and it …
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Vaultwarden — an unofficial implementation of the Bitwarden server in Rust (AGPL-3.0 license; as of September 2026 the current version is 1.37.3). It requires significantly fewer resources than the official server, works …
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For a long time MikroTik administrators faced a classical architectural dilemma. Imagine the situation: you have a single public IP address, but behind it you need to publish multiple web services on the local network, …
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In this guide we install n8n on a server with the FastPanel control panel using Docker Compose. n8n itself runs in containers together with PostgreSQL, Redis and a separate worker, while FastPanel handles the domain, …
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This guide shows how to deploy n8n in Docker and expose it to the outside via HAProxy — a reverse proxy that accepts HTTPS and forwards requests to n8n. The instructions are aimed at beginners: each step is explained. …
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Let’s Encrypt has made free HTTPS certificates the norm: they are issued automatically via the ACME protocol, and the client on the server renews them before expiration. But Let’s Encrypt is not the only free …
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FTPS and SFTP differ by a single letter, and they are often confused. In fact they are two different protocols with different designs. FTPS is regular FTP with TLS encryption added. SFTP is a standalone protocol that …
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Caddy, Traefik, HAProxy, Nginx and Apache solve overlapping problems — they accept HTTP requests, terminate TLS and forward traffic to applications — but they are built differently and are good in different places. Below …
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What is Caddy Caddy is a web server and reverse proxy that automatically obtains and renews TLS certificates for your domains. Just specify the site name in the configuration, and Caddy will expose it over HTTPS: no …
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