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Questions tagged [web]

Questions about software that utilizes the web. Questions about software that runs off the web belong in Web Applications.

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How can I download an entire website?

How can I download all pages from a website? Any platform is fine.
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How can I override the CSS of a site in Firefox with userContent.css?

In Mozilla Firefox, I want to create userContent.css which overrides the CSS of a site. Where should I create the file (Windows 7)?
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I regularly see gstatic.com in the status bar, what is that domain?

Sometimes when I am browsing the web, among the hostnames that fly by in the statusbar is one that includes gstatic.com as the base domain. I can't navigate to http://gstatic.com to gain any more information. All I get is a Google page that…
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Why does my browser think that https://1.1.1.1 is secure?

When I visit https://1.1.1.1, any web browser I use considers the URL to be secure. This is what Google Chrome shows: Normally, when I try to visit an HTTPS site via its IP address, I get a security warning like this: From my understanding, the…
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Is it possible to download using the Windows command line?

Without using any non-standard (Windows included) utilities, is it possible to download using the Windows command line? The preferred version is Windows XP, but it's also interesting to know for newer versions. To further clarify my question: It…
Robert Massa
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Save a single web page (with background images) with Wget

I want to use Wget to save single web pages (not recursively, not whole sites) for reference. Much like Firefox's "Web Page, complete". My first problem is: I can't get Wget to save background images specified in the CSS. Even if it did save the…
user14124
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Is it possible for many domain names to share one IP address?

Is it possible for many domain names to share one IP address? For example, www.xjtl.com, www.fmie.com, sdmfl.com, etc. Hundreds of domain names share just one IP – when you do a DNS query for each of them, the same IP is returned. Are there any laws…
misteryes
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Why can't old PCs view modern sites?

The reason for this question is that many times clients, friends and parents ask me why their perfectly working old PC cannot be used online anymore. I am looking for a good answer to those people and myself (mostly myself). In 2000 I worked on a…
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Chrome: Selecting a link by doing search on its text

I'm trying to use my computer using the keyboard exclusively, without touching the mouse. When browsing the web it can get hard. I use Tab to select links, but there are often dozens of links on a webpage. I can use Chrome's text search (Ctrl-F) to…
Ram Rachum
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Command line browser with js support

Does anybody know good command line browser with js support? Ideally I need following ability: some-browser http://example.com > ~/page.html It means that cli browser download html, execute js and output a page.
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What is the difference between Invoke-WebRequest and Invoke-RestMethod?

I've been successfully using Invoke-WebRequest to post requests to a REST-based API from PowerShell. Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing https://my-rest-api.com/endpoint -ContentType "application/json" -Method POST -Body $json Today I came across…
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Can a website in itself be dangerous?

I do understand that there is a risk of phishing, and that it downloads files that may cause harm when opened. But is there any risk of something bad happening when I simply open a website? In that case, what can happen?
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What makes LastPass so secure?

I can't simply understand how using LastPass is secure. All an attacker need to do is to compromise the single LastPass account and then he has also compromised all other websites. What's so good about that compared to the traditional approach to…
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Do web browsers cache SSL certificates?

Do any web browsers cache SSL server certificates? For example, if I change the SSL certificate on a web server, will all of the web browsers pick up the new certificate when they connect via SSL, or is it possible that they could have a stale…
Lorin Hochstein
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How does HTTP become stateless?

HTTP is said to be stateless. Meaning, it doesn’t need to store information for the transmission of data. But HTTP uses TCP, which is state oriented. If that's the case, how does HTTP becomes stateless?
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