melodiouscode

I'm a software developing, westie owning, lego building geek from Bristol in the UK. My posts can be frequent, infrequent, or just a stream of conciousness (and I make no promises).

I hope you find something here to help you, or make you think.

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Modern Browser Security Reporting

Modern Browser Security Reporting

I have written a few articles about ‘Browser Security Headers’ in recent months; I …

How I run melodiouscode.net

How I run melodiouscode.net

Partly for myself and partly for any interested readers I wanted to note down how …

Folders, Folders, always folders

Folders, Folders, always folders

Two of my employers’ largest clients are law firms, and being law firms they regularly …

Be a password ninja!

Be a password ninja!

Our dog, Daisy the West Highland White Terrier, decided she desperately needed a pee at 5:50 am …

IT Support Scammers

IT Support Scammers

No matter how strong your technical security is (antivirus, firewalls, security headers, …

WCF Service aborted by the server

WCF Service aborted by the server

An error occurred while receiving the HTTP response to http://localhost:12345/SomeService.svc. …

Microsoft Surface Book fan noise and overheating

Microsoft Surface Book fan noise and overheating

My work laptop is a first-generation Microsoft Surface Book (the 8GB model); it is by far the …

Content Security Policies

Content Security Policies

This post is part of a series on HTTPS and browser security; it is partly to spread knowledge, …

Passwords must be secure, you can take that to the bank

Passwords must be secure, you can take that to the bank

There is an old British saying “you can take that to the bank”; it means that the …

Azure SQL Connector for the Azure Key Vault - Error 2058

Azure SQL Connector for the Azure Key Vault - Error 2058

I spent today in a session with our external SQL Advisor; we have been working on provisioning …