Enable SSL for Pivotal Tracker
You should never transmit sensitive data without encryption. Being logged in somewhere constitutes transmitting sensitive data.
For Pivotal Tracker:
- Make sure you set "Always Use HTTPS" under "My Profile".
- As you can not rely on every member of a project to have this enabled, you should also tick "Use HTTPS" on the settings page of each project.
Related cards:
Shell script to generate a Git commit with Pivotal Tracker story ID and title
We usually generate our commit messages from Pivotal Tracker IDs and titles, like
[#15775609] Index view for conflicts
The geordi command commit automates this. (See: [Pretty Commit messages via geord...
Working around OpenSSL::SSL::SSLErrors
If your requests blow up in Ruby or CURL, the server you're connecting to might only support requests with older SSL/TLS versions.
You might get an error like: OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError: SSL_connect SYSCALL returned=5 errno=0 state=unknown state
...
Bookmarklet to generate a commit message with Pivotal Tracker story ID and title
For clarity and traceability, your commit messages should include the ID and title of the Pivotal Tracker story you're working on. For example:
[#12345] Add Google Maps to user profiles
Optional further commit messages in the body
Al...
Remove resource fork files from a FAT volume on MacOS
Be careful!
The following solution will delete files on a volume. If you don't know exactly what you're doing, you can run into big trouble with your computer.
I play mp3 files on my car stereo that are stored on a SD-C...
RestClient / Net::HTTP: How to communicate with self-signed or misconfigured HTTPS endpoints
Occasionally, you have to talk to APIs via HTTPS that use a custom certificate or a misconfigured certificate chain (like missing an intermediate certificate).
Using RestClient will then raise RestClient::SSLCertificateNotVerified errors, or wh...
How to enable SSL in development with Passenger standalone
Here is how to start your Rails application to accept both HTTP and HTTPS in development.
-
gem install passenger -
Create a [self-signed SSL certificate](https://makandracards.com/makandra/15901-howto-create-a-self-signed-certificate...
Force absolute URLs for parts of a view or controller
You know that you can force absolute URLs throughout a response. Now you want to modify URLs similarly, but only in parts of a view (or controller) logic. H...
Using Thin for development (with SSL)
Note: These instructions are for a quick per-project setup and may require you to change code. If you generally need SSL for development, you probably want to use [Passenger](https://makandracards.com/makandra/549-using-passenger-for-developme...
Force net/http to verify SSL certificates
Ruby's net/http is setup to never verify SSL certificates by default. Most ruby libraries do the same. That means that you're not verifying the identity of the server you're communicating with and are therefore exposed to man in the middle attacks...
How to force horizontal panel layout for Chrome
Chrome's developer tools automagically choose vertical or horizontal panel layout, based on their width. You can disable that magic.
In the developer tools, klick the cogwheel icon (or press F1 when focusing the dev tools) to open the settings ...