.NET Framework KB 3088956: Ouch, that sounds pretty severe. I guess I’d better go manually install a hotfix? Seriously? An email address and a CAPTCHA? Fine. Oh, an email delivered HTTP URL pointed at an executable file? That seems totes legit. Yup, definitely legit, it says “Microsoft” right there at the top! Sure, let’s putContinue reading “DotNet Makes Me Sad, In Pictures”
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The Budget
“Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” – Joe Biden Across the political spectrum, Americans have thoughts on how the government should spend the money we send its way. That’s great (and it’d be better if more of us voted), but many arguments about spendingContinue reading “The Budget”
What’s New in Fiddler 4.6.0.7
TLDR? – Get the newest Fiddler here. We’re performing a staged rollout of this build; it won’t be on autoupdate until next week. Under the Hood As mentioned in our notes about the Fiddler 4.6 release, we’ve started taking a very close look at Fiddler’s performance. Fiddler’s use of the CPU, system memory, and theContinue reading “What’s New in Fiddler 4.6.0.7”
Viewing HTTPS Handshakes in Fiddler
You can easily use Fiddler to evaluate what algorithms a client is using to connect to a HTTPS server in Fiddler. First, adjust Fiddler’s configuration using Tools > Fiddler Options to enable capture of CONNECT tunnels but disable decryption: Disabling decryption is necessary because Fiddler decrypts traffic using a HTTPS man-in-the-middle technique, which means thatContinue reading “Viewing HTTPS Handshakes in Fiddler”
Fiddler and Brotli
Regular readers of my blog know how excited I am about Google’s new open compression engine, Brotli. Support is in Firefox 44 Nightly already and is expected for other browsers. Because Brotli is used inside the WOFF2 font format, many clients already have the compression code and just need to expose it in a newContinue reading “Fiddler and Brotli”
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