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How to secure or (Ensuring Integrity) of Web Data in transit and in store?
Consider (usual scenario) You own a Shopping Cart Website and hosted on Internet, now, your hosting company provides you database to store your data.
If talking about security, we need it for:
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How safe is WSIT username authentication with symmetric key?
I have an ajax-ws web service (exposed via glassfish) that uses username authentication with a symmetric key to encrypt and authenticate clients(link).
How secure is this mechanism? Is this enough to ...
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Security concerns about my webapp
I read though OWASP very carefully, but I am not sure about some parts of my website.
I am using jbcrypt on my website. It stores the salt in the hash itself something like this hash+salt. I read ...
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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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When is it appropriate to SSL Encrypt Database connections?
Let's say I have a web server I setup, and then a database server.
However, they are communicating locally and are behind firewall. In my opinion, no SSL is needed here right?
The only time to use ...
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Creating a “key server” (HIPAA compliance with AWS)
I'm a part of a small company that is going to be implementing HIPAA compliance. We will be seeking legal counsel, etc so anything heard here will not be taken as legal advice, etc. I just want to ...
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What ciphers should I use in my web server after I configure my SSL certificate?
There are many great questions that ask what is the best certificate to use for a website; but once the certificate is purchased, there is also the possibility to choose or edit the Cipher list.
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