Questions tagged [security]
For questions relating to cryptography and IT security. This can be computer, network, or database security.
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How do companies store private keys offline but still sign code with them?
I've heard that companies store their private keys offline "in a safe that will never be opened" and stuff like that (the context for this is a console developer like Microsoft keeping the Xbox ...
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How to prevent angular 2 client from accessing privileged fields
I'm learning angular and have been reading about various backend solutions like direct db access, REST, and graphql. One thing I haven't seen addressed anywhere yet is how do you protect privileged ...
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Designing anonymous registration website
I am developing a website where customers can register products they bought in order to receive a benefit in the form of e.g. a cashback, a discount or promotional goods. In the future, we also plan ...
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Open ID Connect Session Management Access/Refresh Token vs Session iFrame
We have a web app in which we allow users to log into the app using any Open ID provider(e.g. Okta, Google, Facebook etc.). We want to implement the correct Open ID Connect prescribed methodology/...
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Is it possible to create once loadable files?
I know very little about encryption, so I figured I'd ask the internet if it's possible to do the following (and if so, what kind of algorithm should I be looking at):
Write some code that saves data ...
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JDBC Connection Url Logging - Security Risk
In one of the existing batch process codebase, I can see a practice of JDBC Connection String is getting logged and also persisted. Logging or Persisting a JDBC Connection String alone may not be a ...
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How to restrict API endpoints which are deployed in AWS Application Load Balancer?
I created one webapi application which includes few modules like account, user etc and overall includes 10 or more endpoints.
I deployed this in EC2 instances and configured in application load ...
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Is it a bad thing to delegate a callout to an external system, given that my current one can't do it?
Custom code written for the Salesforce platform is incapable of making a PATCH request to an external server (PUT and POST are okay though), and I need to make a PATCH request to an external service (...
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Extent of Administrator Capabilities: HR and Design Logistics?
So I am developing an employee management application on behalf of a company and am concerned about the extent of rights and capabilities that are to be bestowed upon registered administrator accounts....
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Does it make sense to authenticate a method that exposes non-sensitive data
We're developing an Angular application that consumes a web method exposing some information that is not sensitive, just bus seat promotions; the user enters where he wants to go and when and he will ...
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Securely sandboxing user scripts in a C++ program
I've been working on a personal project in C# whose purpose is more or less to allow the user to execute scripts written by other users and restrict the permissions of that script. My program compiles ...
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Which OAuth2 Flow?
I'm just getting into OAuth2 and I'm a tad confused (you've probably heard that before)!
I am writing a small independent service which will expose a basic REST API enabling client applications to ...
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Is a cookie hash that matches with file hash safe?
I've made a simple login form. It's made very generic to be used for any project. Now I wonder if the security is good enough and if my approach is safe.
On success
When successfully logged in I do ...
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How to authenticate devices across organisation boundaries without a third party CA
I'm currently working on a protocol which passes automated instructions between separate organisations. I'm looking for a way to delegate authentication of devices to which ever organisation a device ...
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Should usernames and passwords to external systems be documented?
This is basically an extension to my previous question. That time our internal discussions didn't end up anywhere and the whole issue was forgotten for the time being.
Now we've touched upon it again,...
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Is it more secure to use more PKI keys?
Consider a token issuer/validator. Every token is PKI signed.
Is it more secure to use a new key-pair (performance could be ignored for now) per request or is it no difference to have only one key-...
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How to safely allow different end users to insert data into a table stored in an Oracle database?
This is a basic question, but I don't have any sense of what other developers do in this scenario.
The Situation
I am creating an interface to allow end users to insert and update data in a table ...
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Is my microservices architecture in line with best practises? (STS/SPA/Frontend API/Backend services)
My goal is to make an application with a SPA front end that updates in real time, incorporating microservices architecture (and for solutions CQRS design patterns and eventing with Azure Service Bus).
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Breaking 3-tier architecture into multi-tier architecture
Recently I have been working on a rather large system with Vue.js for a single page app (SPA) and an API for the backend. The customer is concerned with the security, performance and maintainability.
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Best approach to creating a secure offline login system in C#?
I'm rather new at programming so I'm still getting a grip on things.
I'm creating an offline login system in C# that will have the ability add/remove users. The computer will not be connected to the ...
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Critical dependency is preventing me from updating my app to latest framework version
My project relies on a specialized component which is stuck (by its configuration) to an older version of the framework my project is using. This makes updating to the latest version of the framework ...
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If passwords are stored hashed, how would a computer know that your password is similar to the last one if you try resetting your password?
If passwords are stored hashed, how would a computer know that your password is similar to the last one if you try resetting your password? Wouldn't the two passwords be totally different since one is ...
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How @RolesAllowed annotation is workin in Java [closed]
I know that @RolesAllowd annotation can be used to provide role-based access control to REST endpoints and I am currently using that with RestEASY.
I need to know how it is working behind the scenes....
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Custom ACL Implementation
I have been trying to figure out an ACL solution for my application which should manage API endpoint's access rights dynamically. Some said that I have an option of Spring Security ACL. I checked it ...
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Is there any risk in creating a SSL certified site?
I was hired to program a basic, plain text site for a local business that amongst other things, provides basic pricing quotes through a Javascript Applet. For obvious reasons, it seemed unnecessary to ...
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How to manage model(s) between web client (DMZ) and web API?
I have this web API project which handle all database access via entity framework.
I have another web client reside in DMZ to call those APIs (via ajax or c#) in the web API project.
When I make API ...
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Allowing a dynamic list of IP addresses to access a specific port in an AWS EC2 Instance
The problem I am trying to solve today is DDoS. I am working on a game project which is hosted on a TCP port (7777). The game is known to have a community full of idiots (pardon the language) that do ...
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Do i need to implement Security for my webpage, if it is only connected to a LAN
I am making a websocket server that can communicate with clients.
This server is going to be on a private vLAN channel on a public place, AKA only the staff have access to the network which the ...
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Security Issues with RESTful Authentication & Session Management
I'm trying to implement authentication and session management for a microservice. In order to do the process RESTfully, I understand that I'll need to use some kind of token-based authentication to ...
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How to process a login form data?
I have created a login form for my website, but the issue is how to process the data provided in the form by the uses.
You see, I can't just write a basic function like this one -
myfunction(){
if(...
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Single Sign On Logout Strategy
I have been working on a project that integrates spring-cloud-based microservices and MVC applications with SSO. currently, I use spring-session for the session repository service. My current ...
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Web Security (PHP) - Is it Secure to do downloading files & presenting with Headers to the End User ?
I have security question that i am not sure if this approach is safe and secure way to download a file and present to a web user ?
We have customers invoice files stored in a server location (...
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How to create secure desktop installer that doesn't trigger a virus alert for unknown exe?
When I created a c# desktop application and move the exe file to another computer that has anti virus security, the security program shows an alert as unknown exe. I want to create a desktop ...
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Is X-Script an issue only for public web pages?
I'm struggling with X-Script attacks. I think I understand what they are but it's unclear if they only affect public facing web pages (which I will define better).
The example I often see is where ...
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How can a headless client securely know the API version of a multi-instance backend?
I'm working in a scenario where I have a backend (let's call it the server) and a frontend client app (let's call it the client).
The client is entirely headless, and can connect to any instance of ...
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How to safeguard a COTS REST API with on-premise servers for approved client apps only?
Goal: Prevent unauthorized 'clone' apps from using REST API-based solutions where the customers manage their own servers and services instead of the vendor doing so (database, resource, and identity). ...
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Securing e-commerce administrator panel with a VPN
I am developing the back-end of an e-commerce system, which has customer and administrator type accounts. These two roles do not overlap, administrators are there to do the back office work, while ...
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Security and performance considerations when creating chat system on a Flask backend
I am building a website with the Flask framework. One functionality of the site will be that users can send messages to each other.
I created a prototype of this using Flask WTF forms. The basic ...
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How to avoid pushing Github Enterprise code to my personal Github account by mistake if both are configured in my work computer?
Setting the debatability of using personal accounts on the workplace aside.
Context:
The company I work for is dedicated to creating apps for other companies. Because of this we have many different ...
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Why not put TLS certificate in DNS responses?
The security of a TLS connection relies on trusting the CA's certificate, which in turn, is usually actually a proof of DNS entry ownership. Even though the server operator may request a certificate ...
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Storing File URI and Checksum to check if the file was changed in future
right now application is storing a file data in database and we are considering instead to store a link (http, ftp, etc) to the file and its checksum. We will only provide a service and the service ...
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Should I separate the REST sessions from the sessions in the rest of the application?
Assuming I have resources I restrict access to with a username + password login in my web application and in my REST API. Should I keep different sessions for both meaning that a login via the web UI ...
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Mitigate a hacking attempt when it is detected by an app sitting behind a WAF
Let's say I have a web application where my users can log in, and save resources through my API and an ajax call. Now let's say I put my web application behind a Web Application Firewall (like ...
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Password manager inside application
Firstly this is not about how to store password for access to the application itself. That is handled using .Net Identity. Authentication is handled using JWT. So it is a web application.
The problem ...
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Best practice for sensitive information in source control
I know this topic has been covered quite a lot but I can't find an answer to my specific situation.
Currently, I'm using .gitignore to exclude sensitive content and keeping it (config files, etc) ...
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How do you ensure external dependencies aren't a security risk?
We use quite a few external open source libraries in our projects, pulled in from Maven Central etc.
I was wondering what is best practice to ensuring that you don't introduce some sort of security ...
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Should we store JWTs in database?
While creating/assigning the JWTs to users, should we also store them in our databases?
The negatives/cons of storing tokens in database would be, that all the data in the payload of the JWT token is ...
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Should access permissions and roles be included in payload of JWT?
Should information about the permissions and roles of the client be included in JWT?
Having such information in JWT token will be very helpful as everytime a valid token comes, it would be easier to ...
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How to implement linkedin authentication/data sharing with multi party?
Hi I am working on application 2.
My application interacts with application 1 and 3.
Clients of application 1 need to be to share their linkedin profile information with application 3.
I have ...
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Is it a good idea to reload the page every few failed login attempt?
I was reading about bruteforce login attack and one of the solution to prevent users from trying too many passwords in short amount of time is to add exponential delay for every failed login. But ...
