I built a security scanner, never shipped it, and finally finished the job
The author developed a security scanner named SecURL to provide comprehensive security assessments for websites. After addressing various user experience issues and launching a marketing presence, the tool is now available for public use. SecURL offers detailed reports on security configurations and ranks findings to help users prioritize fixes.
- ▪SecURL checks HTTP security headers, TLS configuration, and various email trust records.
- ▪The scanner provides a grade from A to F based on the severity of security issues found.
- ▪The project faced delays due to UX problems and lack of marketing presence before its launch.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3948660) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } SecURL Posted on May 24 I built a security scanner, never shipped it, and finally finished the job #security #webdev I built SecURL about six months ago during a stretch of evenings where I kept hitting the same frustration: running a security scan on a site and getting back either a wall of jargon or a narrow result that only checked one thing. securityheaders.com checks headers. SSL Labs checks TLS. Mozilla Observatory covers a bit more.
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