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@plentz
plentz / nginx.conf
Last active April 24, 2025 04:39
Best nginx configuration for improved security(and performance)
# to generate your dhparam.pem file, run in the terminal
openssl dhparam -out /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem 2048
@aras-p
aras-p / preprocessor_fun.h
Last active April 29, 2025 01:49
Things to commit just before leaving your job
// Just before switching jobs:
// Add one of these.
// Preferably into the same commit where you do a large merge.
//
// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public",
// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions.
// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here.
//
// Contributors: @r2d2rigo, @joeldevahl, @msinilo, @_Humus_,
// @YuriyODonnell, @rygorous, @cmuratori, @mike_acton, @grumpygiant,
@steipete
steipete / PSPDFUIKitMainThreadGuard.m
Last active May 27, 2024 12:11
This is a guard that tracks down UIKit access on threads other than main. This snippet is taken from the commercial iOS PDF framework http://pspdfkit.com, but relicensed under MIT. Works because a lot of calls internally call setNeedsDisplay or setNeedsLayout. Won't catch everything, but it's very lightweight and usually does the job.You might n…
// Taken from the commercial iOS PDF framework http://pspdfkit.com.
// Copyright (c) 2014 Peter Steinberger, PSPDFKit GmbH. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under MIT (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
//
// You should only use this in debug builds. It doesn't use private API, but I wouldn't ship it.
// PLEASE DUPE rdar://27192338 (https://openradar.appspot.com/27192338) if you would like to see this in UIKit.
#import <objc/runtime.h>
#import <objc/message.h>
@mikhailov
mikhailov / 0. nginx_setup.sh
Last active December 26, 2022 19:30
Nginx + secure pseudo-streaming
# Nginx can serve FLV/MP4 files by pseudo-streaming way without any specific media-server software.
# To do the custom build we use 2 modules: --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_flv_module
# This module "secure-link" helps you to protect links from stealing away.
#
# NOTE: see more details at coderwall: http://coderwall.com/p/3hksyg
cd /usr/src
wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.5.13.tar.gz
tar xzvf ./nginx-1.5.13.tar.gz && rm -f ./nginx-1.5.13.tar.gz
@michiel
michiel / cors-nginx.conf
Created July 5, 2011 10:41
Wide-open CORS config for nginx
#
# Wide-open CORS config for nginx
#
location / {
if ($request_method = 'OPTIONS') {
add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
#
@mtigas
mtigas / gist:952344
Last active March 20, 2025 09:03
Mini tutorial for configuring client-side SSL certificates.

Client-side SSL

For excessively paranoid client authentication.


Updated Apr 5 2019:

because this is a gist from 2011 that people stumble into and maybe you should AES instead of 3DES in the year of our lord 2019.

some other notes: