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Does versioning an encrypted file make it less secure?
Suppose I use KeePassX as a password manager, and I store the kdb file in Sparkleshare folder as a way for backing up and syncing with multiple devices.
The kdb file in itself would be encrypted, but ...
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2answers
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Homomorphic encryption used for e-voting?
I was reading wikipedia about homomorphic encryptions, and one part got me a bit confused:
"The homomorphic property of various cryptosystems can be used to
create secure voting systems, ..."
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1answer
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What is a man in the middle attack?
My university provided me with the following slide which is confusing me:
From my understanding, what is happening here is that Trudy (Person in the middle) is pretending to be Alice. Bob then ...
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9answers
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Do secure phone lines exist?
I could be out of context here about security, but , I would like to know if phone lines or phone calls over VOIP could be made secure .
I know that Skype and other VOIP service providers have to ...
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1answer
81 views
Windows Phone and Hardcoding Values
Let us say that I have a Windows Phone application. If I hardcode a private key in the Windows Phone application, can people extract it once the application is released to the public on the Windows ...
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1answer
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How to Verify the Identity of the Caller of a Web Service
I have a server which is composed of a page and a web service. The web service is intended to be used by a Windows Phone mobile application that I will develop myself.
Now, my question is, how do I ...
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1answer
62 views
SSL Communication and Proxy
Let us say that I have a client and a server communicating using SSL.
If a hacker sets up a proxy between the client and the server, will he be able to decrypt the data which is being sent?
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1answer
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Symmetric Key Cryptography vs Public Key Cryptography [duplicate]
I understand what the two are so need to go into detail about that, however what I'm curious about is in what kind of situations would we use one over the other? It feels to me as if Public Key ...
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1answer
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Determine the Identity of Caller
Let me explain my situation.
I have a provider which is made up of a registration page and a web service. Online vendors (clients) register with the provider by providing details such as username, ...
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1answer
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Asymmetric encryption algorithms [closed]
What are the best asymmetric encryption algorithms out there? I am trying to use RSA in my project howoever I have read that it is not quite secure as other asymmetric encryption algorithms.
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1answer
39 views
Sending Digital Certificates
I used the makecert tool in order to create:
a self-signed certificate
a server certificate using the self-signed certificate
a client certificate using the self-signed certificate
I then ...
3
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1answer
49 views
Clarification on Digital Certificates
I used the makecert tool to create:
self-signed certificate
client certificate
These are the commands I used:
makecert -n "CN=MatthewCA" -r -sv MatthewCA.pvk MatthewCA.cer **for self signed ...
2
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1answer
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Security Certificates - Tools to Generate Security Certificates
I want to create a self-signed certificate that will be installed as a trusted certificate authority.
I then want to create another two certificates which are signed using the private key of the ...
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1answer
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The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel Exception
Let me explain my situation.
I created a self-signed certificate and installed it in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities section in MMC.
I then created two certificates using the self-signed ...
3
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4answers
216 views
Is it possible to configure any of wifi protocols so that the network is undetectable?
I am wondering if it possible to configure my DD-WRT router so that the wifi network I am using is undetectable - impossible to tell if there is any network broadcasting even if there are clients ...
