Category: Security

AWS keyWatcher


We have seen multiple times that users accidentally expose their AWS access key and secret key on Internet, e.g. GitHub. This is a really dangerous thing, as whoever get that key can do whatever you can do to your AWS account. Here are two examples, the exposed key was used by someone unknown to create … Continue reading AWS keyWatcher →

Akamai add basic auth to incoming request


In some cases, Akamai may need to add auth basic to incoming request before sending it to the origin. Here is how to: 1) encode the username and password in the format of username:password. It can be done either via bash script or the online tool. # echo -n username:password | base64 dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ= https://www.base64encode.org/ 2) Add a behavior … Continue reading Akamai add basic auth to incoming request →