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A developer's guide to webhook security
Webhooks help applications stay up to date with system changes, but are they secure? We guide you through steps to ensure the webhooks you consume are valid.
October 3, 2023
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Introducing Always-On Global Server Load Balancing
ngrok announces always-on GSLB Solution that improves application performance and resiliency without burdening ITOps.
September 14, 2023
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Introducing Cloud Edges for all ngrok users
Announcing the addition of Cloud Edges to our free tier to deliver production apps and APIs on ngrok
August 28, 2023
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Static domains for all ngrok users
All ngrok users can now claim one static domain for free. You no longer need to worry about agent restarts causing broken links, nor updating application URLs.
August 16, 2023
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Kubernetes Ingress with ngrok and HashiCorp Consul
HashiCorp Consul and ngrok together provide seamless, secure microservice traffic management, with Consul handling resilience and ngrok enabling public ingress
August 15, 2023
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Webhook Verification with ngrok Edges
Keep your webhook verification settings around by configuring them using an ngrok Cloud Edge. This demonstrates the process using the ngrok-go library.
July 10, 2023
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Introducing the ngrok Kubernetes Operator
Announcing the ngrok Kubernetes Operator for adding public, secure, and highly-available ingress traffic to your k8s clusters
June 26, 2023
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Add Auth0 Authentication and authorization to ngrok traffic
Securely add production-grade auth with self-service sign-ups, account recovery, and social auth for multiple platforms - integrate ngrok to Auth0.
June 21, 2023
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Send your ngrok traffic as logs to Datadog
Announcing ngrok’s integration with Datadog Logs. Send ngrok traffic logs to Datadog, AWS CloudWatch, Kinesis, or Firehose with just a few clicks.
June 12, 2023
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Verifying PagerDuty Webhooks with ngrok
Easily validate PagerDuty webhooks without making any changes to your code using ngrok's webhook verification feature.
June 6, 2023
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Integrating OAuth into your Rust App
ngrok is useful to run alongside your app. What happens when you embed it and start activating OAuth, webhook verification, load balancing, and more?
April 11, 2023
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Product Updates: ngrok-go, ngrok-rs, OAuth & Webhooks for free
This month we've been busy with ngrok-go, ngrok-rust, making OAuth and webhook verification free for all plans, and traveling coast to coast and even to Europe.
April 6, 2023
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New ngrok domains now available
Announcing new ngrok domains for free and paid users. Automatically route traffic to the nearest region, providing visitors with a faster experience.
April 6, 2023
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ngrok partners: better together
The best tools fit seamlessly with your existing tools so you can build better apps faster. We've been hard at work and are excited to share our progress.
April 4, 2023
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Introducing ngrok-rs - safe and portable network ingress to your Rust apps 🦀
Today, we're excited to announce ngrok-rs, our native and idiomatic crate for embedding secure ingress directly into your Rust applications.
March 28, 2023
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1Password and ngrok in Practice
Managing your ngrok credentials across environments, projects, and teams doesn't have to be complicated. Try the 1Password ngrok shell plugin.
March 21, 2023
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Expanding ngrok's free plan with security in one line
We're adding our security features — OAuth and Webhook validation — to our free plan.
March 16, 2023
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Introducing ngrok-go: Ingress to Your Go Apps as a net.Listener
Announcing ngrok-go, for embedding secure ingress directly into your Go applications. ngrok-go is the ngrok agent packaged as a Go library.
March 9, 2023
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Build a ChatGPT-like SMS Chatbot with OpenAI and Python
Learn how to build a ChatGPT-like SMS chatbot using the OpenAI API and Twilio Programmable Messaging with Python.
March 7, 2023
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How ngrok Actively Combats Phishing Attacks
Phishing attacks are one of the most common attacks on the internet, and ngrok is committed to actively trying to stop them.
February 28, 2023
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New ngrok Global Network Domains coming soon
Announcing the release of our new ngrok Global Network domains for our free and paid users. Read to learn more about our upcoming Global Network capabilities.
February 20, 2023
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Building Zoom Apps with ngrok
The Zoom API has numerous endpoints and capabilities and you can grant fine-grained control over which your app can access.
February 14, 2023
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Putting the ESP32 microcontroller on the Internet
Easily put ESP32 and ESP8266 microcontrollers devices online using ngrok. Microcontrollers can operate robotics, motors, or sensors from simple web applications
January 12, 2023
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So you want to sign for Windows?
Are you getting that dreaded "Unknown publisher" message in Windows? Read on to learn about properly signing your releases in simple, repeatable ways.
January 4, 2023
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ngrok December update: Dashboard SSO, Identity-Aware Ingress
Improved security with Dashboard SSO & Identity-Aware Ingress, new docs, community contributions to webhook security, and open-source firewall tools for go.
December 21, 2022
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ngrok Raises $50M for Ingress Without Infrastructure
Today, ngrok is growing faster than ever. To meet that increasing demand, we’re thrilled to announce our first-ever fundraising round of $50 million. We’ve raised this round to scale ngrok’s business across the board and to dramatically increase our investment in delivering new products for ngrok developers.
December 13, 2022
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ngrok becomes Identity Aware with App Users
See your application users in the ngrok dashboard and view their identity details. This feature is a huge win for security and you can use it today.
November 17, 2022
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Webhook Security in the Real World
Webhooks enable us to react to changes like text messages, successful payments, or pull requests. Few pay attention to their design, security or controls.
November 14, 2022
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ngrok October update: no-grok, OAuth, and webhooks for all
Agentless ngrok, new integrations, new OAuth providers, and signed agent. Launch your tunnels faster with IT and security approval.
November 1, 2022
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Announcing the ngrok Partnership Program 🤝
ngrok is stronger with integrations. With our new Partnership Program, we're working to integrate it with everything out of the box to make your life easier.
September 21, 2022
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ngrok August Update: webhooks, community & trust portal
We've been busy working on webhook verification, the trust & security portal, and even our community efforts with Slack. Read on for more details!
August 18, 2022
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ngrok named by Will Reed "Top 100 Early Stage Companies to Work For"
We’re excited to announce ngrok has been named one of the Top 100 Early-Stage Companies to Work for in 2022 by executive search firm Will Reed.
August 3, 2022
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There and Back Again: An OAuth Story
I've worked with OAuth 2.0 for over 6 years. It's always been a complex and challenging beast to fight until now.
July 26, 2022
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Announcing our SOC 2 Type 2 Report
We’re excited to announce that we have successfully completed the System and Organizational Controls (SOC) 2 Type 2 testing with no findings. Read more for more information.
July 20, 2022
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