When running an Apache web server, you can find yourself in a situation where you need to capture and log POST data to do some analysis and perhaps to investigate a bad actor to determine a fingerprint pattern. This can be done with the mod_security module, which is a powerful web application firewall that also provides HTTP traffic monitoring, logging and analysis capabilities. Although this can also be done with mod_dumpio, I wanted to be able to create rulesets to shape the traffic after doing the analysis.

The Tuya UFO-R1 is a smart infrared universal remote control from Tuya, a company known for mass production and distribution of smart devices under various brand names. Inside the device is a TYWE3S Wi-Fi module, which is based on the ESP8266 microcontroller from Espressif Systems. This specific microchip comes with 1 MiB of built-in flash and a full TCP/IP stack. The low-cost and very few external components on the module make it attractive platform for many smart device manufacturers.

This site is generated from static files manipulated with a simple text editor. To help facilitate the creation of these static files, jekyll, a ruby-based static blog-centric site generator, is tasked for the job. Being in a Mac environment a few things are required to get going. You will need a recent version of ruby installed. You can install the latest version with brew or some other means. You will need to install bundler with gem install bundler.