September 2005
SMS Banking
by Sachin Shetty, CCNA, BS7799 LA
When people are hard pressed for time, the need for “anytime anywhere” banking gains utmost importance. Bearing this in mind, banks provide a novel service which gives retail customers account information and real-time transaction capabilities from their cell phones. In this article we understand a typical SMS banking setup… more →
Code Obfuscation - Part 2: Obfuscating Data Structures
by Sonali Gupta, SANS, GCIH
Continuing from the earlier parts in this article series, Sonali looks at data obfuscation, a class of obfuscation techniques that targets the data structures in a program. She presents the different methods of data obfuscation with examples and also analyzes their quality… more →
Understanding SSL
by Shalini Gupta
What come to the mind when you think of a secure web application? SSL. How does SSL work? Does SSL offer complete protection? This article tries to answer some of these questions. We’ll discuss about how SSL works and what it actually protects against and what it does not… more →
Quiz: Session IDs
When is the best time to assign session ids?
- Have a single session id for a complete browser instance.
- Assign a session ID to a user on the login page.
- On logout change the session ID to a new value.
- Assign a session id after authentication, change it at logout.
Review: Inside the Spam Cartel
by Spammer-X, Jeffrey Posluns (Editor)
This is a fascinating book on the workings of the spam industry. Written by an insider, it provides excellent information on how spammers create spam, bypass spam filters and get their spam mails read.… more →