Unanswered Questions
6,072 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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What unique fingerprinting information can an iOS 10 app collect?
As a follow-on to these questions:
What unique fingerprinting information can an iOS7 app collect?
What unique device fingerprinting information can an iOS8 app collect?
What unique device ...
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TPM PCR value unchanged with BIOS configuration changes
I have been experimenting with the TPM on a Dell R710 (BIOS version 6.3.0). My goal was to detect changes to BIOS settings through TPM PCRs. The research I have done leads me to believe that BIOS ...
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Is allowing blob: in Content-Security-Policy a risk?
Recently, I've set Content-Security-Policy headers for my web application. I've tried to be as strict as possible. What strikes me most is the fact that I had to allow blob: for connect-src and img-...
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SolarWinds Orion SAML compromise mass cert update
SolarWinds Orion customers have suffered some network compromises according to news reports.
One report says, right at the end of the article, that SAML2.0 signing certificates may have been ...
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PGP security with Thunderbird 78 email client
I have a query regarding best practise of using PGP to sign emails with Thunderbird 78.
Thunderbird 78 took an existing system by Enigmail and brought it "in-house" to be built into the ...
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Using the authorization code grant without using cookies?
I've been reading up on this for months and it seems like the whole thing could converge on what I'm summarizing below. I'm trying to arrive at the most ideal:
OAuth2
OpenID Connect
SPA / Mobile ...
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SAML 2.0 Multiple AuthnStatements
If I interpret the SAML 2.0-protocol correctly you can have multiple AuthnStatements. What is the purpose of this? I cannot see a use case of having multiple AuthnStatements really.
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How can I exploit a Buffer Overflow on a Raspberry Pi 4?
I am trying to exploit a bufferoverflow on raspberry pi 4 which makes use of Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC.
The linux kernel version is v4.19 and the OS a Debian Buster compiled for the raspberry pi ...
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TCP Sack panic proof of concept?
For the vulnerability called TCP SACK panic([1], [2], [3], and many more): is there a proof of concept code out there that can be used to test vulnerability status and effectiveness of remedies?
[1] ...
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Where to put a code signing server with EV code signing certificate and plugged-in HSM
Microsoft recently started enforcing apps to be signed by EV code-signing certificates instead of just regular certificates. These usually come on an external device such as USB smart card or a HSM, ...
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Entropy sources used by modern Windows
A comment on a Microsoft blog from 2005 mentions over 150 sources of entropy for the Windows CryptGenRandom function. The majority of sources come from low-level system information (precise stat ...
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Meterpreter (Metasploit) anonymous reverse connection over Tor2web
The general consensus seems to be that one sets up a listener on a server accessible by a public IP and some port forwarding. For anonymity this should be a throw-away server or a hacked box.
I've ...
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How to determine the number of characters changed between two passwords as per DISA Application Developer STIG rule SV-84187r1_rule?
The DISA Application Developer STIG specifies:
Group ID (Vulid): V-69565
Rule ID: SV-84187r1_rule
Rule Version (STIG-ID): APSC-DV-001730
Rule Title: The application must require the change of at ...
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Penetration-resistance of a HaLVM unikernel
A HaLVM unikernel is a Haskell program compiled with a modified version of the Glasgow Haskell Compiler to produce a standalone Xen kernel, which will boot on any Xen PV machine instance. A HaLVM ...
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IPSec Host-to-Host VPN (RedHat) needs IP Forwarding?
We would like to build a Host-to-Host IPSec VPN (both RedHat Linux). Is it really mandatory to activate IP Forwarding which is by default deactivated because of our security policy (/etc/sysctl.conf ...
