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Securing Downloadable Files on Website Per User

I have an ASP.NET website serving up private PDF documents. The PDFs are stored unencrypted on a share on the internal network. The user logs in and navigates to the download page. The web server ...
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Using a Web Server to steal NTLM credentials

I am trying to design an attack vector against an organization in which the pen tester (myself), steals NTLM credentials through HTTP. I am thinking of these scenarios: 1- I set up a web server on my ...
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How to block the websites on client machines

In our office we are blocking sites like facebook, twitter etc.The problem is that some of the users bypass the proxy and firewalls through external sites which allow us to bypass proxy, like: ...
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Examples for (Web-)Security-Architectures

I just started to work on my thesis to finish my studies. However the field in which I write my thesis is pretty much new to me. I have the task to build a "Remote-Access Strategy/Architecture" to ...
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Is SSL session based only? Is there a (formal) definition of an SSL connection?

In various docs on SSL there is a mention of connection. But from the context I am not sure if this means the underlying TCP connection or the SSL connection. I am thinking that there is no SSL ...
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How to reverse the communication for security

I have the following use case - There are two networks - internal network where the application server is deployed and has no internet access and external network that is accessible from internet but ...
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What due diligence is required for HTTPModules that run within IIS?

I noticed some HTTP Handlers in my Web.config that appear to intercept HTTP traffic and manipulate it. Since there has already been an exploit with a similar component produced by Microsoft, what ...
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What threats does a stateless web application have? (as opposed to a “state-full” sessions)

I'm comparing the pros and cons between having an authenticated "stateless" ASP.NET MVC session versus a ASP.NET Forms application with viewstate. Assuming that there is a webfarm of more than 1 web ...
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Where can I practice web-security or network-security? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Servers for penetration testing I'm in a process of learning security of networks and websites. I already practised code reviewing but I want to perform exercise. Is ...
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Pages restricted to certain IPs, safe? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: In what scenarios is relying on source IP address as a security control acceptable/unacceptable? If a website has a page which only renders for certain IPs, is there ...
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Is Access Control Through MAC ADDRESS a practical/secure solution

I run a small local gaming website with a custom admin panel I coded to let trusted members do administrative tasks through the software's API. Since their IP Address is dynamic, can I authenticate ...
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Can I block the true IP address using X-Forwarded-For header in IIS?

All the traffic gets to the IIS server through a proxy, I cant block or white list IPs, because all the traffic comes from the proxy's IP, Can I use the X-Forwarded-For header with IIS?
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How do we protect our server from anonymous hacker? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicates: Hardening Linux Server How to best defend against Targeted Attacks? I read this news: Anonymous hacker group hits Apple, publishes data My question: How do we ...
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What is secure enough for web applications?

we intend to build a network in a small health center with No Internet Access it is expected to have 30 terminal machines, all machines will use an electronic medical record web application we want ...
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IP address black list

My website has a black list of IP addresses. The web application, in some way, detects all invalid, suspicious influences to it and remembers IP address and denies any requests from that IP address. ...