Justin Cooney

Web Development Tips and Examples

Category: Various Languages

  • With Windows Server 2008 and 2012 you can now stream applications from the server to each user’s desktop. This means that the application looks like it is running locally on the user’s machine, when in fact it is running from the server. RemoteApp is great for centralizing applications in a corporate environment, and simplifies maintenance…

  • WPAD stands for Web Proxy Auto-Discovery protocol. At this point in time it’s still supported by most browsers although it is an old protocol now. Most companies don’t rely on WPAD because of its inherent vulnerability to man in the middle attacks.

  • The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 100,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 4 days for that many people to see…