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What can an attacker do with Bluetooth and how should it be mitigated?
What are the security risks of Bluetooth and what technologies and best practices should be used to protect my device? What can an attacker do once a malicious device is paired with mine?
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How do I configure Terminal Server (and clients) for use over untrusted Wifi networks?
Suppose a client wants to directly connect to Terminal Server exposed to the Internet, without a VPN, ... what software & settings is needed to properly protect against WiFi based attacks? ...
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Why does the OpenSSH client on Mac OS X silently launch an ssh-agent for the user?
I'm confused by the difference in behavior of ssh clients I'm seeing on two different hosts. Just to be clear, this is the scenario:
"macbox" OS X using OpenSSH_5.2p1 ssh client
"sunbox" Solaris 10 ...
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Do public keys make Kerberos more secure (RFC4556)?
We're using IPA to centralize our authentication and I found an option to add a public key for each user. After doing a little research I found this to be an extension to Kerberos 5, RFC4556.
From my ...
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Ubuntu home folder encryption, compared with file vault [closed]
I want to know if there are any limitations that are imposed on you when you enable home folder encryption in ubuntu.
Example, in the mac file vault, at least on Snow Leopard, time machine, and ...
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Convenient cross-platform help on checking secure hashes like SHA-256
It is often helpful to be able to obtain a good cryptographic checksum of a file, e.g. the SHA-256 hash. This can be used to verify file integrity, so long as you have a reliable source for the hash.
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How can I protect my computer from my potentially malicious colleagues?
So, I work in this small company (10 people) where we do stuff in programming, for various platforms. I started recently working there (2 months) right after I graduated. My work is not exactly ...
