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2 stories tagged til, newest first.

Spotting base64 encoded JSON, certificates, and private keys (ergaster.org)

323 points by jandeboevrie 1 year ago | 130 comments

A TIL blog post explaining how to recognize base64-encoded JSON, certificates, and private keys by their characteristic leading characters.

319 points by lr0 1 year ago | 85 comments

A short TIL blog post about using the timeout command in Bash scripts to avoid infinite loops when waiting for a web server to start.