Since last week my Piwik dashboard showed me a Google pagerank of 0 which I couldn’t believe. At first I thought the API was down but the problem remained for several days.
The security incident at DigiNotar has created a big hole in online security. DigiNotar’s CA has been hacked and cannot be trusted anymore. The list of know fraudulent certificates contains some high level domains e.g. google.com, mozilla.com, yahoo.com, torproject.org, and many more.
Some browsers and OS already have been hardened with a patch or an updated CRL but how about Mac OS X users?
How to test and disable compromised DigiNotar certificate on a Mac…
Click the links below to see what information a web server receives from your browser.
My IP address
Your IP address can be in IP v4 or v6 format depending on your provider and router/OS capabilities. Currently most IP addresses are still v4 but many providers are switching to v6.
IP v4 addresses look like 1.2.3.4 where each number can range from 0 to 255. IP v6 addresses look like fe80::202:b3ff:fe1e:8329.
Note: If you’re using a proxy server to access the internet the IP address shown will not be yours but from the proxy server. Continue reading “What’s my IP address and location?” »

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