Introduction In this blog post, we will dive into HTTP Basic Authentication, a method rooted in the principles outlined in RFC 7617. It’s worth noting that, the RFC specification defines the use of the “Authorization” header in HTTP requests to transmit the credentials. The credentials are typically sent as a Base64-encoded string of the form username:password. It also describes how servers should respond with appropriate status codes (e.g., 401 Unauthorized) when authentication fails. Step 1: Setting Up the Node.js and TypeScript Environment Please refer to the steps explained in our previous blog post Password Authentication In Node.Js: A Step-By-Step Guide at Step 1: Setting Up the Node.js and TypeScript Environment. Step 2: Creating the Server usersData.ts In this file, we define a simulated database of users with their hashed passwords using bcrypt. Each user has a username and a password field. This file acts as our database for the sake of this example. The usage of bcrypt also has been explained in Password Authentication In Node.Js: A Step-By-Step Guide already. interface User { username: string; password: string; } const users: User[] = []; export default users; basicAuthMiddleware.ts This file contains the basic authentication middleware. The middleware is responsible for authenticating users based on the credentials provided in the Authorization header. It uses bcrypt to compare the provided password with the hashed password stored in the usersData.ts file. import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express'; import { Buffer } from 'buffer'; import bcrypt from 'bcryptjs'; interface User { username: string; password: string; } const basicAuthMiddleware = (users: User[]) => async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => { try { const authHeader…

Introduction Password-based authentication remains one of the most common and widely used methods to verify user identity in various online systems. It involves users providing a unique combination of a username and password to gain access to their accounts. Despite its prevalence, password-based authentication comes with security challenges, as weak or compromised passwords can lead to unauthorized access and data breaches. In this blog, I will guide you exploring password-based authentication from an easy to medium level, implementing password hashing in a Node.js and TypeScript environment. By the end of this hands-on tutorial, you will have a better understanding of how Password-based authentication works in your applications. Step 1: Setting Up the Node.js and TypeScript Environment To get started, ensure you have Node.js installed on your machine. Create a new project folder and initialize it with a package.json file. Here is the steps to show what I’ve done on Mac: brew install npm httpie mkdir password-auth cd password-auth npm init -y npm install -g ts-node npm install body-parser bcryptjs express --save npm install @types/bcryptjs @types/express @types/body-parser --save Setting up the programming environment is no doubt crucial, but let’s be honest, it can be a bit daunting. In my tutorials, I will try to make sure not to leave you hanging. I love providing comprehensive explanations, even for the simple tasks or commands. Let’s make this setup process a breeze together! I genuinely hope you find it helpful and that it keeps you smoothly sailing through the tutorial 🤓 Let’s walk through above commands. ▹ 1. brew is the package manager for macOS…

Introduction In the realm of information technology security, authentication plays a vital role in safeguarding sensitive data and ensuring the integrity of systems. Authentication serves as the first line of defense against unauthorized access, providing a means to verify the identity of users or entities attempting to access a system or resource. The Mechanisms and Factors of Authentication At its core, authentication is the process of confirming the claimed identity of an individual, device, or application. It establishes trust by validating that the entity requesting access is who they claim to be. Without effective authentication measures in place, sensitive information and valuable resources become vulnerable to unauthorized individuals or malicious entities. Various factors are used in authentication to establish identity and grant access. The most common authentication factors include something the user knows (such as a password or PIN), something the user has (like a physical token or a smartphone), or something the user is (biometric data, such as fingerprints or facial features). These factors can be combined in different ways to create stronger authentication mechanisms. Authentication protocols and methods are employed to facilitate the verification process. These protocols define the communication standards and procedures necessary to confirm the authenticity of the credentials presented by users or devices. Examples of authentication protocols include the traditional username/password combination, public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates, and more advanced methods like OAuth and OpenID Connect. Effective authentication is crucial in protecting against unauthorized access, data breaches, and other security threats. However, it is essential to strike a balance between security and usability. Organizations must…

Hey! In my career, I haven't spent much time on front-end programming. However, I had it now!It's a really exciting journey learning Angular/Karma/Jasmine and I feel like I will probably spent more time on it to gain more depth insights! Today's article is my learning journey on this, hope you will find it as a great tutorial ^^ Introductions Angular Testing Utilities Angular is a TypeScript-based free and open-source web application framework led by the Angular Team at Google and by a community of individuals and corporations. Angular is a complete rewrite from the same team that built AngularJS. Angular testing utilities provide you a library to create a test environment for your application. Classes such as TestBed and ComponentFixtures and helper functions such as async and fakeAsync are part of the @angular/core/testing package. Getting acquainted with these utilities is necessary if you want to write tests that reveal how your components interact with their own template, services, and other components. Ref Links Karma Karma is a tool that lets you test your application on multiple browsers.Karma has plugins for browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and many others.But I prefer using a headless browser for testing.A headless browser lacks a GUI, and that way, you can keep the test results inside your terminal. Ref Links Jasmine Jasmine is a popular behavior-driven testing framework for JavaScript. With Jasmine, you can write tests that are more expressive and straightforward. Here is an example to get started: Ref Links Steps Environment New An Angular Project The developers at Angular have made it easy…

Hi there! Welcome to geekcoding101.com! I have two decades years of working experiences on Linux. There are many things I have come across, but I want to say, building package for Linux is something you couldn't avoid at all in your work or study! I have summarized the steps/tricks in this article, hope you will find it useful! Enjoy! Create unsigned rpm I will first demonstrate how to create unsigned rpm. Create Folder Structure First step is creating folder structure. If you don't specify top_dir in ~/.rpmmacros (It's a config file), then it will use ~/rpmbuild by default Create SPEC file for unsigned rpm Now we can work on the spec file SPECS/rpm-no-sig.spec: Create a dummy source file for unsigned rpm Use a dummy py file to be packed into the rpm: rpm-helper-unsigned.py: Create a folder: mkdir <rpm-name>-<version> For example: Then put rpm-helper-unsigned.py under it. Then make gz file for the folder: You will get file rpm-no-sig-1.0.tar.gz. Move it to SOURCES folder. When building rpm, it will recognize this gz file and extract it automatically. Build rpm-no-sig.rpm Run command: rpmbuild -ba SPECS/rpm-no-sig.spec Example: You will get RPMS/noarch/rpm-no-sig-1.0-1.noarch.rpm Check MD5: rpm -Kv <rpm file> Example: Backup this rpm to somewhere else. Create signed rpm Create SPEC file for signed rpm The spec file SPECS/rpm-with-sig.spec: Create a dummy source file for signed rpm Use a dummy py file to be packed into the rpm: rpm-helper-signed.py. You can just reuse the one in above and change the print message accordingly. Create a folder: cd ~ && mkdir <rpm-name>-<version> Example: cd ~ && mkdir rpm-with-sig-1.0 Move rpm-helper-signed.py into the folder. Also create the gz file with same process. Example: You will…

Hi there! Today I'd like to share you my notes about tmux! Tmux is my favorite terminal multiplexer! Several years ago I didn't give a **it for people using it! Because I thought that might consume too much of my time to customize. However, one day I was free, then tested the water! I feel like I couldn't live without it in my coding environment! It likes Vim, the learning curve is steep, but once you're comfortable with it, you will addict to it! No more talking, let's dive into it! Introduction It’s tmux, a so-called terminal multiplexer. Simply speaking, tmux acts as a window manager within your terminal 1 and allows you to create multiple windows and panes within a single terminal window. Pane Shortcut Comment Pre % Splitting panes in left and right Pre " Splitting panes in top and bottom Pre <arrow key> Navigating in panes C-d Close panes Pre: swap-pane -s <sid> -t <tid> Swap sid pane to tid pane Pre z Make a pane go full screen, vice versa Pre C-<arrow key>Pre ⌥-<arrow key> Resize pane in direction of Windows Shortcut Comment Pre c Create a new window Pre , Rename current window Pre x Close current window with prompt and deattach Sessions Shortcut Comment Pre :new -s <name> Create a new session Pre C-c Create a new session Pre $ Rename current session Pre s, then x on the session Delete the selected session Configuration This is the folder of configuration: ~/.tmux. This is the configuratino file: ~/.tmux.conf Session Handling Search Pluggins I haven't explored much…

Hi there! This is yet another note from me ^^ This is for my notes about Docker. I've been dealing with container technologies for years, it's a good habit to dump all of my notes here. I hope you find this useful as well. Build Docker Image Method 1: Docker build Using dockerfile is the formal way to build a docker image. We can define the base image to pull from, copy files inside it, run configuration, specify what process to start with. You know I like using Django for projects, here comes a dockerfile from Cookiecutter: Method 2: Docker commit Another way is to use docker commit <container_id> <new_image_name>, it will create a new image based on your existing image in you docker local storage. Export/Import After we have docker images, we usually want to share it with other or transfer to another places, that's where export/import are used: Docker Registry Environment: CentOS 7.2 Setup Docker repository Install and enable docker-registry Verify docker-registry service Configure storage_path Update local storage path to your specific location in /etc/docker-registry.yml: Then restart: systemctl restart docker-registry.service Setup client to use the registry Update /etc/sysconfig/docker to add --insecure-registry your_ip_or_hostname:5000 as below: Push to the registry In order to have some images to push to the registry, let's pull from docker.io firstly: docker pull centos Please write down the IMAGE ID for the centos image If you push it to your own registry now, you will get error as blow: So you need to create a repo on your private registry then try to push again. To do that, you can tag a repo on your private…

Hi there! Recently, I've spent some time to organize my git commands notes. I know you can find those commands online easily, but I would like to share these what I think useful and put them together here for my own references. Let's take a look! General Settings You will notice that, for each commit, it has both author name and committer name. Branches Operations Command Get current working branch git branch Checkout specific branch git clone -b specific_branch --single-branch http://username@192.168.99.100:8080/scm/your-repo.git Create a branch git checkout -b new_branch Push to remote branch git push origin remote_branch Delete local branch git branch -d <branch> Delete remote branch git push origin :[name_of_your_new_branch] Fast-forward merge Git Clone Clone into current directory Git Checkout Check out files deleted locally Sometimes, you might accidently delete some files in your local repos. Then you can use below command to pull them back from remote: Clone a subdirectory only of a Git repository What you are trying to do is called a sparse checkout. This creates an empty repository with your remote, and fetches all objects but doesn't check them out. Then do: Now you need to define which files/folders you want to actually check out. This is done by listing them in .git/info/sparse-checkout, eg: Last but not least, update your empty repo with the state from the remote: You will now have files "checked out" for "temp" folder on your file system, and no other paths present. Clone specific branch of a Git repository Just use singel-branch option: Git Remote I was wondering what is a git remote, here is:…