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Biometric versus other Two Factor Authentication Mechanisms
authentication
multi-factor
biometrics
asked Jan 17 '11 at 16:39
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Are there valid reasons for spoofing an address?
network
attacks
ip-spoofing
asked Dec 9 '10 at 15:27
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What are the practical uses of large asymmetric keys?
cryptography
asked Apr 28 at 2:36
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7
votes
What is the state of Security in Comp Sci Programs
user-education
asked Dec 7 '10 at 15:05
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Smartcards for Dummies
cryptography
smartcard
books
asked May 6 '11 at 18:20
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What are the risk implications of not verifying referer header on login form?
csrf
validation
risk
referer
asked Apr 17 at 18:55
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Tool or Process to check for AES-NI support on processor?
cryptography
encryption
tools
hardware
asked Jun 16 '11 at 14:12
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5
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Validating C# base class constructor parameter
c#
validation
class
parameters
base
asked Dec 17 '09 at 19:09
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Top Answers
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Why is it difficult to catch “Anonymous” or “Lulzsec” (groups)?
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18
What is the difference between an x.509 “client certificate” and a normal SSL certificate?
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16
Is it possible to have a key for encryption, that cannot be used for decryption?
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13
What are the biggest unsolved problems in IT Security?
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12
Does Windows really still use unsalted MD4 for password storage?
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11
Explain “claims-based authentication” to a 5-year-old
stackoverflow.com
9
Windows hardening
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9
How does external authentication work?
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9
Secure Internet Polling
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8
Should I bother teaching buffer overflows any more?
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8
Is changing image's extension prone to error for browsers?
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7
Any good free SSL proxy on windows?
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7
Is it insecure to have an SSH server on a workstation?
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7
How to inject executable, malicious code into PDF, JPEG, MP3, etc.?
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7
How secure is Windows Auto-Logon?
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7
Using intranet SSO to access sites hosted on public cloud
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7
Is AES really used for Top Secret stuff?
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6
Securing the security guy's home office: what should we do?
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6
Are there any smartcard/hardware-tokens for certificate-based authentication which are easily destroyed?
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6
Whitelisting applications in Windows7
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6
Is it “standard” to SMS passwords?
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6
How can credit cards be encrypted and still be recalled later?
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6
When changing a password using a WebPage, must the old password be entered on the same screen?
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6
(Windows) Is it possible to catch a virus on my LAN without clicking on anything?
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5
What is your way to create good passwords that can actually be remembered?
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5
Can anybody explain XSS to an idiot?
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5
Doing a demo about open wireless networks exploiting with Firesheep
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5
How does the Windows “Secure Desktop” mode work?
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5
What are the security implications of enabling WINRM on all domain members?
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5
Storing credit cards for automatic payments?
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