User si2w - IT Security Stack Exchange

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

apr 27 at 12:41 nallenscott 923

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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 157

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Why do we lock our computers?

operating-systems physical

oct 25 at 17:09 ssg 358

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RSA vs. DSA for SSH authentication keys

encryption cryptography authentication key-management ssh

sep 2 at 15:53 Tom Leek 25k

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Apache Server Hardening

webserver hardening configuration apache

oct 18 at 8:48 Rory Alsop♦ 32.5k

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Are passwordless SSH logins more secure?

authentication ssh

nov 28 at 8:57 unthought 103

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Password Hashing add salt + pepper or is salt enough?

cryptography passwords hash salt hmac

dec 8 at 20:27 AviD♦ 20.4k

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What methods are available for securing SSH?

ssh hardening

nov 25 at 2:26 Thomas Pornin 82.6k

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Detecting Steganography in images

forensics steganography

mar 8 at 5:09 user162098 11

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List of good security blogs one should read

professional-education

jul 3 at 2:03 chao-mu 1,692

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Computer Forensics: what is in your toolbox?

forensics tools

oct 18 at 15:55 Mark Beadles 1,390

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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 82.6k

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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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What are the security risks in enabling ipv6

network ipv6

dec 30 '11 at 2:31 nealmcb 10.2k

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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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Professional certifications for IT Security

professional-education certification people-management

mar 11 '12 at 21:09 Rory Alsop♦ 32.5k

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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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Open-source penetration-test automation

penetration-test tools vulnerability-scanners network-scanners

apr 11 '11 at 13:46 Ormis 1,342

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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 82.6k

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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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Can I detect a MITM attack?

network attacks man-in-the-middle

feb 24 '12 at 7:10 Aki 490

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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 82.6k

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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 1,721

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Different strategies for online anonymity and their +/-s?

web-browser privacy anonymity

feb 27 '12 at 20:43 Aki 490

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Anonymous web browser. Is it real?

web-browser proxy privacy anonymity

aug 8 '11 at 18:27 DanBeale 1,120

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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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SSL Certificate revocation check

cryptography ssl certificates public-key-infrastructure

dec 2 at 15:18 Thomas Pornin 82.6k

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Security testing plan template or example

automated-testing threats

mar 27 at 16:57 Saladin 845

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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 implications does IPv6 have for internet worms and script kiddies?

network virus ipv6

oct 5 '11 at 11:47 symcbean 4,752

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