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How to allow only some specific computer systems to access website? [duplicate]

I need a process to allow only certain computer systems access to the website irrespective of the network they are using. Much like a Licensing system, I can provide a private key or something ...
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Isolating Web application hosted on same web server

I am working on a scenario if we have two or more web application hosted on a same server. Let says Web application X is vulnerable so how can i be sure that it will not effect the other web ...
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secure certain data on my webserver

I've developed a website where people add their sensitive data. Not credit cards, but lets say they share things about themselves which are private and it wouldn't be good if other people see that ...
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Implication of URL injection in an URL shortener service

EDIT There have been upvotes retracted or downvotes due to, I think, a serious misunderstanding of my question. In the following I'm not concerned about the URL leading to a site containing malware ...
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Is it possible to execute a php script in an image file? [duplicate]

I have an image upload php website. Users can upload images to my website. A user claims he can hack my website using an uploaded image. I opened all the images that he uploaded to my server with ...
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How could this file have been modified?

I was recently asked to help make a few modifications to an old ASP Classic website. At one point I was looking at the page source while debugging some JavaScript and noticed a div full of links to a ...
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How to not reveal that you are using PHP?

I'm bulding a website but some webtools and browser plugins allows anyone to get information on which technologies the website has been built. Is there any Alternative to not reveal that we are ...
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setting up website for logged in users, anyone, and files no one should see (via the web) [closed]

I asked how to prevent not logged in users from seeing certain content but the solution I chose to implement encountered a problem. I chose to make my root directory for the server C:\WAMP\www\public ...
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Quick Security Mitigations to Impending attacks

Suppose you are the sysadmin, and you know of an impending attack that just started or about to start soon. You can either wait it out, or try a few tricks and quick mitigation to fend off attackers ...
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Client Side Negotiation

I have -MultiViews set and SSLInsecureNegotation off ( in ifmodule of mod_ssl.c) in Apache. But still vulnerability report says I am vulnerable to client side renegotiation and "This server is ...
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How can I trace Hacking attempt

First of all I dont want to track the hacker. I want to track if the system is being compromised some way. For example when a website is under attack it'll receive malicious data. I want to check ...
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How to restrict web access to certain countries

What are the better ways of filtering access to the web application based on Geographical location. Is it possible with a network layer firewall or we need an application layer?
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cookie issue with same domain same path but different port

I have two web app running on same host on same path but on different port http://somedomain.com/ and https://somedomain.com/ now when I visit first app it serves the cookie say with name abc, and ...
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Monitoring for security threats

I host and maintain several websites. The users pay to have their sites maintained and secured. However, with the amount of web applications like joolma, wordpress, ect... and their plugins, I need a ...
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Phishing attack stuck with jsp loginAction.do page? [closed]

I'm testing a phishing website on a staged replica of an jsp web-application. I'm doing the usual attack which involves changing the post and action field of source code to divert to my own written ...
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Is it dangerous to serve executable cgi files in public folder?

In the past, Apache used to serve cgi files from cgi-bin folder only, and it was always advised to avoid putting executable files in public folders. However, today's webservers fairly serve executable ...
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How to ensure web application remains secured after intrusion of server

My application employs asymmetric encryption / decryption, the process of how this work is detailed below: Encryption - Server A Data is encrypted using the public key of server B Data is signed ...
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Is it dangerous to allow user to view a file directory via web browser?

I have a URL which displays all of the pdf files at a given dir by visiting the following site location : http://www.mysite.com/allpdffiles/ Does this present any security vulnerabilities?
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Does concealing server software versions have a notable effect on security?

Web servers can add Server, X-Powered-By and similar headers into HTTP responses. Looks like the consensus is such headers should be removed so that automatic vulnerability scanners don't immediately ...
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Securing a script to prevent database from being exposed

We have an Ioncube encoded script running on an Apache web server which stores customer confidential information in a MySQL database. We have configured the script to run under its own account using ...
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Danger of Path Traversal Attacks

I have setup a test application in Linux. I havent checked for paths in it, so if user enter /etc/passwd , then that file gets displayed to him. However, I want to understand what more can be done if ...
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How could the hacker tamper with the 'configuration.php' file in my Joomla web server?

I have a web server hosting Joomla 1.5. I discovered that the Joomla configuration file configuration.php was modified by a hacker. How could he do so? Note that the file has 777 permission. Also, ...
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What security standards should be implemented in a simple web application

I am creating a web application that basically reads/writes/updates information from and to a database on a server. I am knowledgeable in computer programming, but while seeking security standards, I ...
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How to license my web application for schools? [closed]

I have a web application which I am interested in start selling it for schools, but, until now, I didn't find a proper solution for licensing it for schools. Can some one please guide me for a ...
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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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How can log poisoning be successful with a Local File Inclusion attack?

I just read a paper about Local File Inclusion on exploit-db.com, it can be found here. One technique with LFI is log poisoning as you may know already. You do an HTTP GET request that contains PHP ...
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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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Benefits of identifying clients based upon the “X-Forwarded-For” or similar HTTP header in addition to Client IP

The X-Forwarded-For header is used by some HTTP proxies to identify the IP address of the client. The wiki page (linked above) mentions that ISPs may use this header as well. In addition there are a ...
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Where's the security when a payment gateway let website handle Credit Card detail

Has anyone worked with eWay payment gateway before? Basically, there's a service endpoint where you post the customer's detail and credit card details from the web application after the browser sends ...
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What risks should I be aware of before allowing advertisements being placed on my website?

The thought of having a 3rd party send javascript, and images to end users seems to be a scary thought, but that is exactly what we are doing when I place advertisements onto my site. Does serving ...
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Google App Engine Security

I am writing a master thesis concerning security of certain applications, and as a part of it I want to write a web app on Google App Engine and test how secure it is. Does anyone know if there was ...
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Google App Engine Security [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Google App Engine Security I am writing a master thesis concerning security of certain applications, and as a part of it I want to write a web app on Google App Engine ...
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folder and file permission shared host advice

I have a website with a webhost company. I wrote a little php/mysql application - no file uploads, just administering data from the DB and creating pdf with TCPDF. There are folders like css and js ...
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Security reason why one should upgrade old web server to modern Java EE Web Application Server

Currently the company I work for uses Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP9 and Java 1.4.2. I know this version of Java reached its EOSL around 2008. The Sun Server still seems to be supported but it's ...
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Need an overview of web service / web site security world, where do I start? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Resources to learn about security I'd like to get a good understanding of modern issues in web security and get insight into what it takes to keep your sites and ...
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enable browser caching with HTTPS

I understand that sensitive data should not be cached (ie, you dont want to cache an HTML file with all of your bank account details in it), but there are some things that HTTPS protected sites should ...
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How does an attacker approach a website?

What is a typical mindset and method of approach? What are they likely to try first? At what point does a novice give up versus an expert? How would an automated attack differ from a manual one?
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Protecting WordPress installations

How do you go about protecting a default WordPress installation? What checklist do you use, best practices, tips and tricks, etc? Any recommendations on plugins, third-party tools are welcome. Thanks. ...
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What are the most important security checks for new web applications?

I'm wondering what are the top priority security checks you should make befor launching a new webapp? I'm guessing brute force vulnerabilities and cross-site scripting. What are the other things you ...
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What are the pros and cons of site wide SSL (https)?

What are the pros and cons of encrypting all HTTP traffic for the whole site through SSL, as opposed to SSL on just the login page?