VPN's: IPSec vs. SSL

VPN's: IPSec vs. SSL

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VPN's: IPSec vs. SSL

SSL versus TLS

TLS (Transport Layer Security) and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) are protocols that provide data encryption and authentication between applications in scenarios where that data is being sent across an insecure network, such as checking your email...

SSL versus TLS

Vulnerability Scanning Web 2.0 Client-Side Components

Web 2.0 applications are a combination of several technologies such as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), Flash, JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Representational State Transfer (REST). All these technologies, along with cross-domain information access, contribute to the complexity of the application. We are seeing a shift towards empowerment of an end-user's browser by loading libraries.

Vulnerability Scanning Web 2.0 Client-Side Components

Summarizing PKI Certificate Validation

Security certificates and the methods used by websites to show that they are secure enough for users to trust are notoriously complex. To shed a little light on this, I’m going to explain how PKI certificate validation works.

Summarizing PKI Certificate Validation

Datacenters need shutdown/startup order

What hits close to home for me about this article is the need for datacenter playbooks which outline a shutdown/startup order of infrastructure and servers.

Datacenters need shutdown/startup order

OpenSSL Command-Line HOWTO

The openssl application that ships with the OpenSSL libraries can perform a wide range of crypto operations. This HOWTO provides some cookbook-style recipes for using it.

OpenSSL Command-Line HOWTO

XMLDSIG in the .NET framework

I was recently given the task on one of my projects at work, to implement a new version of a digital signature solution that we use to get legally binding signatures" from users. As part of the upgrade process, I had to implement support for XMLDSIG.

XMLDSIG in the .NET framework