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What are the differences between MD5, SHA and RSA? — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
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Alternative to “web of trust” — Tom Leek 25.5k42871
jun 14 at 23:15
Are MAC Address Filtering and SSID Hiding still worthwhile? — Rory 18112
jun 14 at 0:28
Whats the difference between MAC vs hash — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
jun 8 at 18:44
Is howsecureismypassword.net safe to use? — Mark C. Wallace 1,590416
jun 5 at 22:47
What are a few good lists of threats to use to kick-off conversations with others about what worries them? — bethlakshmi 6,99211135
jun 5 at 12:36
Hashing length for storing password — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
jun 5 at 12:36
With PBKDF2, what is an optimal Hash size in bytes? What about the size of the salt? — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
may 24 at 14:48
BlackBerry handheld penetration testing — Marion McCune 12613
may 21 at 10:54
What password-based encryption to use with standard Java 6? — D.W. 45.7k263162
may 21 at 6:23
What is an intermediate certificate authority? — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
may 21 at 1:06
Advantages and disadvantages of Stream versus Block Ciphers — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
may 20 at 10:15
What can an attacker do with Bluetooth and how should it be mitigated? — AbsoluteĈµERØ 1,615212
may 20 at 10:15
What can an attacker do with Bluetooth and how should it be mitigated? — Adnan 10.2k22964
may 16 at 9:10
Vulnerable OS's? — HamZa 45829
may 16 at 9:10
Vulnerable OS's? — D3C4FF 4,35211744
may 7 at 14:21
What is ECDHE-RSA? — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
apr 25 at 13:25
Is the Raspberry Pi vulnerable to injection beyond the SD Card? — Eben Upton 6111
apr 16 at 11:41
How to fix SSL 2.0 and BEAST on IIS — Jeff 5911
apr 15 at 20:02
Is it still unsafe to email credit card number nowadays? — Yoav Aner 2,917318
apr 9 at 2:50
How secure is Stack Exchange's reputation? — chao-mu 1,712316
apr 8 at 17:07
Are all SSL Certificates equal? — tylerl 11.8k11441
apr 4 at 19:27
Google Account: implications of using application-specific passwords — Airton Granero 5111
mar 31 at 22:46
Pre-hash password before applying bcrypt to avoid restricting password length — Steven Alexander 6111
mar 27 at 13:52
Why most people use 256 bit encryption instead of 128 bit? — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
mar 24 at 10:30
Security testing plan template or example — Mark C. Wallace 1,590416
mar 18 at 16:54
Are passwords stored in memory safe? — Bob Hannent 14112
mar 12 at 22:08
Whats the best way to make my internet traffic anonymous? — Shnatsel 45218
mar 12 at 9:03
What vulnerabilities could be caused by a wildcard SSL cert? — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
mar 11 at 20:36
Is it possible to increase the cost of BCrypt or PBKDF2 when its already calculated and without the original password? — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
mar 9 at 19:18
Why do people still use/recommend MD5 if it is cracked since 1996? — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
mar 9 at 14:27
How does “check.torproject.org.” know if you're using TOR? — 0x90 304311
mar 8 at 5:30
Detecting Steganography in images — Steven 15213
mar 7 at 9:02
Is sha-1 hash always the same? — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
mar 4 at 15:15
How to securely hash passwords? — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
feb 28 at 13:59
Does prepending a salt to the password instead of inserting it in the middle decrease security? — AD7six 211136
feb 13 at 21:58
Bypassing Address Space Layout Randomization — isciurus 4911
feb 8 at 18:04
How secure is Intel SSD Encryption? — Charl Botha 17611
feb 7 at 10:46
How secure is a Windows password protected zip file? — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
feb 4 at 10:09
How can PayPal spoof emails so easily to say it comes from someone else? — KeithS 2,881318
jan 18 at 14:08
How do I check if a gmail/gtalk SSL certificate is valid? — Dan Dascalescu 15313
jan 13 at 16:09
Are there actually any advantages to Android full-disk encryption? — brightsky 5111
jan 10 at 3:06
How to fix SSL 2.0 and BEAST on IIS — Josh 23614
jan 4 at 13:17
Good session practices — makerofthings7 12.9k332143
dec 11 at 23:17
Is there a way to mitigate BEAST without disabling AES completely? — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
dec 10 at 18:58
I'm leaving my job and want to erase as many personal details etc. as possible; any tips? — Graham Hill 6,728721
dec 5 at 6:25
Do any security experts recommend bcrypt for password storage? — PBKDF2 7111
nov 29 at 9:39
Are GUIDs safe for one-time tokens? — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
nov 28 at 14:54
Why would someone trust DuckDuckGo or other providers with a similar privacy policy? — mulllhausen 21627
nov 27 at 2:31
Where can I learn cryptography/cryptanalysis the hard way, without going to school ? Any good book? — kroosec 5111
nov 21 at 15:19
Apache Server Hardening — Wyck 16113
nov 16 at 9:57
Should I use Suhosin for PHP? — zeitgeist 8611
nov 6 at 10:00
Online Government Elections System - Is it possible? — nealmcb 10.3k2472
nov 2 at 6:20
What are the downsides of BrowserID/Persona compared to OpenID/OAuth/Facebook? — Francois Marier 19911
oct 25 at 4:42
Tracking down a rogue access point — fennec 18815
oct 15 at 20:26
Are there actually any advantages to Android full-disk encryption? — D.W. 45.7k263162
oct 12 at 12:43
Do secure phone lines exist? — Thomas Pornin 85.4k17166299
oct 7 at 22:51
Where can I find a solid BURP tutorial? — jcran 34123
sep 15 at 18:39
What methods are available for securing SSH? — bstpierre 2,9931419
sep 15 at 11:43
Why is it difficult to catch “Anonymous” or “Lulzsec” (groups)? — tylerl 11.8k11441
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