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The views expressed on this page are those of Nora McDougall-Collins at the moment they are written and are designed to stimulate thoughts and ideas and to provide insight into the daily joys and woes of one web developer. In the ever changing world of web development, I will change with it and discuss those changes. Besides pointing out the contrast of great work and problems on websites that com

11/02/2024

WHY MARKETING / SALES AND DEVELOPERS SHOULD ACTUALLY TALK TO EACH OTHER

Today, I looked up a topic related to DMARC reports. Not of general interest, but the results should be of interest to anyone who has a website.

About 1 second after the page loaded, this popped up. Nope, I didn't enjoy the article ... it was covered by a certain popup.

Do website owners have the right to add popups to their site? YES

Should website owners add popups to their site? IT DEPENDS

If website owners have the goal of acquiring viewers, they should consider some use cases and plan those popups very carefully to be user friendly. And, the development team should also be included in that conversation.

07/18/2024

SOMEONE IS SENDING EMAILS USING MY EMAIL ADDRESS

Earlier this year, I set up DMARC on my domain. It tells the email server world what servers are allowed to send emails using my email address for Reply. Now, I can see that there are indeed people spoofing my email address.

PART 1: I set up a policy to reject any emails sent from servers that aren't authorized. Notice the reject setting.


montanawebmaster.com
r
r
reject
reject
100
0


Today, Outlook sent me a report showing that someone tried to send an email that is not from me. Notice that the "disposition" is reject.



185.56.86.128
1

reject
fail
fail



unr.edu
gcam1306.siteground.biz
montanawebmaster.com



gcam1306.siteground.biz
mfrom
pass




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The Difference Between SSH and SSL - SSL/TLS Certificates 07/17/2024

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SSL AND SSH

https://www.rapidsslonline.com/ssl/difference-between-ssh-and-ssl

"So, long story short: SSL is for securing internet connections between websites and their visitors; SSH is for running commands via remote access."

The Difference Between SSH and SSL - SSL/TLS Certificates SSH and SSL. While the two look similiar and they perform some of the same functions, there are differences. Discover the difference between SSH and SSL.

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