Cyber Defence Lab

MARk : use built-in file data source

The Multi-Agent Ranking framework (MARk) allows to quickly build ranking and detection systems by combing building blocks. In this blog post, we show how to use the file data source to inject data into the system...

Force https with HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)

Once you have https enabled for your website (with Letsencrypt for example), you should make sure all your users use the secure version of the site. Typically this done using a redirect. However this still leaves a window of opportunity (the initial HTTP connection) for an attacker to downgrade or redirect the request. With a Strict Transport Security header, you can force a browser to only connect to your server using HTTPS.

Laravel optimization : static content caching and cache busting

Optimizing you web app from the browser side is an important concern, to provide a pleasant experience to your users. It will also reduce the traffic on your servers. In this post we show how to implement static content caching and cache busting on a Laravel application.