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Is my developer's home-brew password security right or wrong, and why?

apr 27 at 12:41 nallenscott 918

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Why do we ask for a user's existing password when changing their password?

web-application passwords authentication password-management

nov 25 at 7:08 Craig Curtis 222

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Why do we lock our computers?

operating-systems physical

oct 25 at 17:09 ssg 358

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Security testing plan template or example

automated-testing threats

mar 27 at 16:57 Saladin 845

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MITM: tools for intercepting and modifying traffic?

network attacks man-in-the-middle

jul 6 at 14:25 Safado 492

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What is preventing us from sniffing the mobile phone communcation?

mobile sniffer phone sms

may 10 at 8:26 user25796 1

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Security drawbacks for using short-lived access token in javascript client side

oauth ajax rest

jun 11 '12 at 3:35 Community♦ 1

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Detecting the presence of wifi devices

network wifi ids

feb 29 '12 at 17:22 kamae 99

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Can I detect a MITM attack?

network attacks man-in-the-middle

feb 24 '12 at 7:10 Aki 475

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Are “man in the middle” attacks extremely rare?

network attacks man-in-the-middle statistics

jan 21 at 15:23 culix 155

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w00tw00t.at.ISC.SANS.DFind iptables fix - abusable?

network firewalls mod-security

feb 23 '12 at 17:32 AviD♦ 20.3k

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Does TOR Hidden Service Protocol provide more threat protection than a standard HTTPS session?

ssl dns dnssec tor man-in-the-middle

jun 17 '12 at 22:52 curiousguy 1,711

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Is hardware based disk encryption more secure that software based?

encryption hardware

feb 14 '12 at 9:37 Rory Alsop♦ 32.4k

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What are some recommended open source tools for web browser history analysis?

web-browser forensics

feb 8 '12 at 22:44 Boaz Tirosh 397

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How to test for the BEAST attack if server isn't Internet-connected?

ssl beast

oct 4 at 23:01 Thomas Pornin 82.3k

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Protecting emails in your database

encryption passwords email

jan 20 '12 at 20:05 wizzard0 244

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What are the security benefits to a separate user database?

databases

jan 5 '12 at 7:24 robob 149

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what is the best keylogger for security uses?

windows keyloggers black-hat

jan 3 '12 at 14:22 bengtb 41

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Are passwordless SSH logins more secure?

authentication ssh

nov 28 at 8:57 unthought 103

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Killing IP connections who “spam” with requests

webserver spam

may 6 '12 at 2:05 Scott Pack 7,971

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What types of background checks of employees are state-of-the-art?

people-management

nov 2 '11 at 6:55 this.josh 5,921

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How difficult to crack keepass master password?

passwords password-management

dec 9 at 0:33 scott 21

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Is it possible to speed up WPA/WPA2-PSK cracking using a rogue AP?

cryptography network passwords wifi

oct 31 '11 at 17:00 Paŭlo Ebermann 1,439

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Why AES is not used for secure hashing, instead of SHA-x?

encryption cryptography hash

sep 15 at 2:47 Thomas Pornin 82.3k

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What implications does IPv6 have for internet worms and script kiddies?

network virus ipv6

oct 5 '11 at 11:47 symcbean 4,722

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How to secure a MongoDB instance?

databases hardening mongodb nosql

mar 30 '12 at 20:45 user7982 11

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How would you store a 4 digit pin code securely in the database?

cryptography encryption passwords hash

oct 4 '11 at 13:31 Thomas Pornin 82.3k

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RSA vs. DSA for SSH authentication keys

encryption cryptography authentication key-management ssh

sep 2 at 15:53 Tom Leek 24.7k

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Password Hashing add salt + pepper or is salt enough?

cryptography passwords hash salt hmac

dec 8 at 20:27 AviD♦ 20.3k

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How To - Learn basic hacking skills?

linux

apr 9 '12 at 8:56 Andrey Botalov 1,132

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