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VRMink / gist:5169211
Last active January 6, 2020 20:31
How to setup a private node.js web server with SSL authorization

Secure private web server with NodeJS

This article will explain how to set up a secure web server with NodeJS which only accepts connection from users with SSL certificates that you have signed. This is an efficient way to ensure that no other people are able to access the web server, without building a login system which will be significantly weaker.

I will not explain how to create a certificate authority (CA), create certificates or sign them. If you need to read up on this, have a look at this excelent article on how to do it with OpenSSL (Mac and Linux): https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSSL#Practical_OpenSSL_Usage It is also possible to do this on a Mac with the keychain application, and I assume it is possible on a Windows machine aswell.

This architecture will allow you to have one web server communicating with an array of trusted clients, the web server itself can be on the public internet, that will not decrease the level of security, but it will only ser

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@ngs
ngs / gradient_support.rb
Created February 2, 2012 10:36
a patch to fix compass raising error when using 'transparent' keyword for gradiention: 'Expected a color. Got: transparent'
## If you are using under a rails project,
## I recommend to put this script onto config/initializer instead of applying the patch
module Compass::SassExtensions::Functions::GradientSupport
class ColorStop < Sass::Script::Literal
def initialize(color, stop = nil)
self.options = {}
if color.is_a?(Sass::Script::String) && color.value == 'transparent'
@ryanlindsey
ryanlindsey / gist:1332237
Created November 1, 2011 23:09
.htaccess
AddDefaultCharSet utf-8
DefaultLanguage en-US
# Activate rewrite engine
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
# Redirect to wwww
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
@ryanlindsey
ryanlindsey / gist:1332231
Created November 1, 2011 23:05
CodeIgniter .htaccess
# Remove index.php from CodeIgniter application
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|css|js|images|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
@robcowie
robcowie / timestamp.py
Created October 28, 2011 19:13
Insert date and time stamps in Sublime Text 2
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from datetime import datetime
import sublime_plugin
class TimestampCommand(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
"""Expand `isoD`, `now`, `datetime`, `utcnow`, `utcdatetime`,
`date` and `time`
"""
@davist11
davist11 / gist:1204569
Last active July 1, 2024 02:51
Campfire sounds
56k: "https://123.campfirenow.com/images/56k.gif"
bell: ":bell:"
bezos: ":laughing::thought_balloon:"
bueller: "anyone?"
butts: ":open_hands: :smoking:"
clowntown: "https://123.campfirenow.com/images/clowntown.gif"
cottoneyejoe: ":notes::hear_no_evil::notes:"
crickets: "hears crickets chirping"
dadgummit: "dad gummit!! :fishing_pole_and_fish:"
dangerzone: "https://123.campfirenow.com/images/dangerzone.png"
@kaelig
kaelig / Gemfile
Created September 7, 2011 00:20
Sass & CoffeeScript automated compiling and minifying with Guard
source "http://rubygems.org"
group :development do
gem 'rake'
gem 'guard'
gem 'coffee-script'
gem 'rb-fsevent'
gem 'rb-inotify'
gem 'compass', '0.11.5'
gem 'sass', '3.1.5'
gem 'guard-compass'
@olivierlacan
olivierlacan / launch_sublime_from_terminal.markdown
Created September 5, 2011 15:50
Launch Sublime Text 2 from the Mac OS X Terminal

Launch Sublime Text 2 from the Mac OS X Terminal

Sublime Text 2 ships with a CLI called subl (why not "sublime", go figure). This utility is hidden in the following folder (assuming you installed Sublime in /Applications like normal folk. If this following line opens Sublime Text for you, then bingo, you're ready.

open /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl

You can find more (official) details about subl here: http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/2/osx_command_line.html

Installation

@chrisyour
chrisyour / Folder Preferences
Created December 4, 2010 20:05
Show hidden files and hidden folders (except .git) in your TextMate project drawer
# Want to show hidden files and folders in your TextMate project drawer? Simple, just modify the file and folder patterns in TextMate's preferences.
# Instructions:
# Go to TextMate > Preferences...
# Click Advanced
# Select Folder References
# Replace the following:
# File Pattern