August 2005
Secure your sessions with Page Tokens
by Sangita Pakala, GCIH
Learn how page tokens can enhance the security of your applications beyond the regular session tokens that you already use. We explain a stronger system of session management that critical apps can use today… more →
Code Obfuscation
by Sonali Gupta, SANS, GCIH
Source code is often distributed in an insecure manner. Java and .NET programs retain practically all the information of the original source code. This makes them much easier to reverse engineer than traditional applications which are distributed as native code. It is essential to protect an application against reverse engineering. In this article we will look at code obfuscation… more →
Using browser refresh to expose passwords
by Balaji V
The back, forward and refresh buttons of the browser can be used to steal the password of a previous user. In this article we examine the vulnerability and look at ways to solve them… more →
Quiz: Secure Socket Layers
What kind of attacks does SSL prevent?
- SQL Injection
- Sniffing
- Variable Manipulation
- Phishing Attacks
Review: Apache Security
by Ivan Ristic
According to Netcraft’s August 2005 Web Server Survey, 70% of the websites use the Apache web server. They will benefit from this book.… more →