Scott Helme

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Report URI

PCI DSS FAQ SAQ WTF BBQ...

I was trying to come up with a sensible title for this blog post, but I feel this one mirrors the thoughts and feelings of many of us about recent...

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Report URI

Report URI: Launching Policy Watch and other improvements!

As we continue to expand and improve our offering, one particular area of focus over recent months has been on PCI DSS Compliance. Whilst 'compliance' might not be...

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Let's Encrypt

Let's Encrypt to offer 6-day certificates!

Continuing their trend of radical change for the better, Let's Encrypt have announced that, this year, you will be able to request certificates with a validity period of...

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Pi-Hole

Updating to Pi-hole v6 and enabling HTTPS!

I first deployed my Pi-hole back in 2018 and ever since then, I've never looked back! Pi-hole have just dropped a pretty major update and, of course, I...

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Report URI

Stronger Than Ever: How We Turned a DDoS Attack Into a Lesson in Resilience

Operating an online service like Report URI, it comes with the territory. The ever present threat of attack is something we are fully aware of, and prepare for as best...

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ocsp

Let's Encrypt to end OCSP support in 2025

Well, the writing has been on the wall for some years now, arguably over a decade, but the time has finally come where the largest CA in the World is...

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XSS Ranked #1 Top Threat of 2024 by MITRE and CISA

As we draw near the end of 2024, MITRE have taken a look back at the security vulnerabilities discovered throughout the year and published their list of the Top 25...

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Report URI Penetration Test 2024

It's that time of year again! At Report URI, we've just been through our 5th penetration test, and as usual, we're going to publish...

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Report URI

Report URI: Simplifying pricing and changes to free accounts

We've been making great progress on developing new features at Report URI recently, and over the coming months, you're going to see many of them launched!...

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TLS

Are shorter certificates finally coming?!

Regular readers will know my views on the validity period of TLS certificates, and how they definitely need to be made shorter than they currently are! We made some good...