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Security purpose of asking admin password to mount partition on Linux
So I divided my 250GB laptop drive into 2 partitions and some swap. On the second partition which is an ext4 60GB partition I installed Fedora 17. On the other bigger NTFS partition I've got Win XP ...
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Why do some Java APIs bypass standard SecurityManager checks?
In Java, normally permission checks are handled by the SecurityManager. To prevent untrusted code from invoking privileged code and exploiting some bug in the privileged code, SecurityManager checks ...
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website hacked and all its content erased despite the protections
i was hacked by a guy who erased everything. I spent the day to put everything in order, and i would like to find a solution for this : he erased all the files, and also changed the title for "www" in ...
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What is the difference between RBAC and DAC/ACL?
What are the benefits of each, and when should I choose one over the other? Are there situations where these should be merged?
Do you have examples of common usages?
And what about MAC, where ...
