Questions tagged [client]
In a client-server model, the server serves services to the client.
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Should repositories with server-code and client-code be separate?
I have a project that runs a website with a frontend SPA and REST API backend.
Currently the code is split into /client and /server folders and they run independently. However, they are currently in ...
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Is it safe to publish a REST API client on npm even though the API is not intended for public use?
I am build a website in Angular which communicates over my REST API on my backend server.
I have managed to auto-generate the code (TypeScript) for my client and now I need it to be available on ...
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What is impersonation?
I'm looking for the definition of impersonation but for main - the reason of using servers this method. I don't understand why servers are running sometimes as client. And also I don't understand how ...
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Is using an outdated eLux Thin Client for RDP access over VPN posing a security risk?
This is the situation:
There is a Windows Server 2012 R2 RDP server at the main office. A worker in another city needs RDP access that should be isolated from his local network.
Concept of solution:
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SSL Handshake problems
I captured my network traffic to a web server and the SSL Handshake consists only of two packets.
Why does that happen and why aren't there all the other packets?
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How can I re-use my password and still protect the password if it is exposed from one source?
I know that all servers should at least store my credentials as hash(password + salt) + salt, with a secure and well known hash function and a salt unique for me, generated from a secure and well ...
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How to perform Login Authentication at the client-side? [closed]
How can we validate login credentials at the client-side itself without involving the server of a website?
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Client-only authentication instead of server-only authentication, using OpenSSL [duplicate]
First, some background: I've got a C++-based client/server system that uses the OpenSSL C library to encrypt the client/server connections. This is done in (what I believe is) the canonical OpenSSL ...
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Is it possible to setup 1-way TLS client authentication without server certificates?
Is it possible with TLS to only authenticate the client? In other words can one-way TLS be setup in such a way that only the host initiating the connection uses a client certificate and the second ...
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How can a server make sure client application sending data is not a modified copy?
I actually wouldn't care about a perfect copy (my program is free)being used, I just can't allow someone to use a copy to communicate with my server.
I came accross this subject where the OP seemed ...
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How to keep track of file authenticity while offline
I have an application running the client/server model and offering an online and an offline mode. Each user can read, create or modify text files (even in offline mode) that will be present on his ...
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Ways to verify Data Integrity
I've had looks to existing subjects but it usually gets heavily complicated while I'm new to this kind of stuff and I'd prefer to understand concepts first in order to understand better concrete ...
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Why is PKCE secure against man-in-the-middle attacks?
In attempting to implement OAuth2 into a natively installed client application, we face the problem that we cannot securely store the pre-shared client secret. After doing some research, I came across ...
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Verifying the authenticity of data coming to a server
I'm a newbie when it comes to information security. So pardon me if the solution can be found at page 12 of any introductory text.
I have an express server and two android apps(for clients and admin)....
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How to Verify Integrity of Transferred Files in a Client Server Protocol
How do I implement integrity verification using the checksum of files in a client-server protocol where the client sends multiple files to the server. I am using the following steps:
The client ...
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How to authenticate a specific client program? [duplicate]
I have a server application which provides functions to a client program. The client is also programmed by me. Now I want to authenticate the client program itself (not any user) before using my ...
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Prove a client sent a request - voting system
Let's say I created a voting system where each voter would use an app and vote on a candidate. The app would send the vote to a server. The server would store the vote on a DB with the request IP.
Is ...
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Client certificate common name? Subject alternative name?
For an IoT project, I want to secure client server communication. I want both the server (Apache) and the clients identify/authenticate each other (a client won't communicate with other clients) ...
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Root CA or Intermediate CA in firewall trust store
I am implementing a PKI for a test environment and have everything just about configured. The architecture consists of a Root CA, two issuing (intermediate CAs), and clients. Client certificates and ...
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How does do client authentication work over https?
I recently wrote an application that calls out to a 3rd party service to perform some work. This 3rd party service requires that I authenticate the client calling by using a client certificate. For ...
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Where can I find the specs for the X.509 certificate used in client-authenticated TLS handshake?
The TLS specs define how the handshake between client and server must be performed when the client wants to use a certificate to authenticate itself. There is a lot of documentation onlin that assumes ...
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limit client certificate to domain name
If i want to use client certificates for authentication to a certain part of my website, is it possible to make the client certificate only work on a certain domain name?
I know when requesting the ...
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Can users read client SSL certificates from a react native mobile apps APK?
I want to secure an API used by a react native app. If an authorisation header is sent, the user can read the request and access data. To avoid this I want to use SSL client certificates.
Now if I ...
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Impersonating Client Certificate Authentication with Same Subject Name
I am looking into the security of a service which uses client certificates for authenticating only known callers. We run a C# Web API Service that checks every request certificate subject if it is ...
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SSH and man-in-the-middle
Assume the following scenario and please correct me if I am wrong somewhere:
There is a client and there is an SSH server that the client connects to. There is also a man-in-the-middle (MIM) which is ...
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What is PKCE actually protecting?
I'm trying to get my head around how PKCE works in a mobile app and there's something I don't quite understand.
So from what I can gather the client app creates a random cryptographically secure ...
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How secure is this communication chat?
I have created a chat between two parties (using c#), and I am wondering what kind of weaknesses have I overlooked.
Description of its functionality:
There are two individual applications: Client (2 ...
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Client Server TCP connection - sending a password
I'm new to cybersecurity and am writing a TCP server with the Java Socket API. There is a client and server class. The server class is what would be run on a server, it listens on a specified port and ...
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Does RenegotiateOnce in Go's crypto/tls package protect against triple handshake?
Looking into how to do client cert authentication from the Go HTTP client, I found out I needed renegotiation from the client side and I came across issue 5742 for Go on GitHub, which is the issue ...
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Usage of self-signed certificates for Client authentication
We have a server to server communication scenario, where we would use a CA signed certificate for the TLS server authentication and would like to use a self-signed certificate for the Client ...
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openssl s_server is expecting key and certificate in case of PSK cipher test
I am new to security domain,
In case of PSK why openssl s_server is expecting certificate and key. If I don't give then it gives error like below.
$ openssl s_server -psk ...
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Fuzzing client apps
Is it possible to file fuzz and network fuzz client apps written in C# .Net? The reason I ask is I am not a developer, but I am a security analyst and I have been given the task of file fuzzing the ...
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Storing data encryption key (client side)
I have moderate knowledge of programming , and currently I am writing a client-server messaging application for windows. My project is written from scratch using sockets , and all it does is data ...
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What security settings is Yahoo Mail looking for to consider IMAP client secure?
When setting up an IMAP client for Yahoo Mail, Yahoo requires the "Allow apps that use less secure signin" option to be enabled.
The client is configured to use SSL for IMAP (and SMTP).
What ...
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Better safety: Webmail or POP3/IMAP clent?
Which offers a higher level of safety: Webmail or using a POP3/IMAP client?
Assume the following for webmail:
Access via HTTPS
Rarely downloading any attachments, but in cases where it may be ...
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Who is the Gate Keeper?
If using Basic security under an SSL connection (https), is is not true that the server matches the user/password combination, but what happens after that? What prevents the browser from accessing the ...
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Change Server IP used by Executeable [Client-Server Authentication]
for Authentication of my Executeable i use a TCP Server Module running on a VPS my Client(Executeable) connects to. Therefor i have to have the IP of the VPS inside the Executeable. I have two major ...
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Hooking Windows SSL libraries
What libraries does Windows use to send ssl traffic? The ws2_32.dll has the tcp send function, but the traffic is encrypted before it reaches that function.
I'm looking to reach the code where the ...
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Create client certificates using signed certificate
We have a proper signed server certificate and intermediate CA from a trusted certificate authority.
Is it true that we cannot use this certificate (so the intermediate CA) for creating our own ...
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Client certification authentication as an option for securing a device to allow access
I am working on a commercial device (custom hardware with firmware and embedded software) that includes a Linux OS and will run in an unsecured network environment connected via Ethernet. It will be ...
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What kind of certificate to be used to consume web services?
I have my own application. My client wants me to use their web service. This web service sends some data to my database. For this, my client wants a certificate from me. In this scenario, what kind of ...
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Server->Client distribution security
Apologies in advance if this is the wrong SE site for this topic, though it should be a fairly appropriate match.
I am building a video game where one of the features available to users will be ...
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SSL Certificate pinning with Self Signed Certificates
I am trying to understand how Certificate Pinning works with Self Signed Certificates. My idea is that a Server with a Self Signed certificate will accept the connections only from the clients that ...
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Apache: Can I revoke certain client certificate on certain subdomain only
I would like to know if we can make the client certificate valid for certain sub domain (Virtual Host). For example if I have two client certificate A, B.
A is valid for subdomainX but not for ...
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Performing denial of service attack using Python [closed]
I am a student so please don't be rude for I miss something and this project is for research purpose only.
I am willing to perform a denial of service attack(on my own servers) I am not willing to do ...
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Client initiated cookie Vs Server initiated cookie [closed]
I'm finding similar comments and articles around client side cookies that they are initiated by client and store everything on the client side and server does not store anything. On the other hand ...
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What should I exchange with the server when I generate my AES 256 key?
I'm creating a mobile fast-paced game and currenly I'm working on login/registration/connecting. I'm trying to make it right so it won't mess in the future.
For now, I have read multiple articles of ...
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How does a server validate the Certificate Verify message in SSL/TLS?
Client authentication may be used in a SSL/TLS negotiation.
For this, the client will send a Certificate Verify Message after the server requested it.
The Certificate Verify Message contains the ...
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Secure website with unique machine certificate
Is it possible to allow access to a website only for specific clients on specific machines?
I'm no security expert, but one idea I had is to generate a certificate that would work only on a specific ...
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Simple Reverse-Shell-Script in java? [closed]
i have a simple script (written in C) and it connects back to a netcat server to open a shell, there, so a really simple reverse shell script. How to do the same in java?
#include <stdlib.h>
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