15 posts tagged with encryption and security (View popular tags)

Am I being overly zealous about "proper SSL implementation?" [more inside]
posted on Jun 30, 2008 - 22 answers

I need help with wifi basics - routers, security, encryption etc. [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 9 answers

Looking for Windows Mobile 6 security software for a phone running Windows Mobile Professional. Especially looking for something that will auto-encrypt or auto-delete PIM databases after a number of incorrect password attempts. [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 5 answers

General network and computer security: keyservers, PGP/GPG, encryption, etc...book/instructional recommendations? [more inside]
posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 6 answers

How long will it take to do a 7 pass US DoD 5220 Compliant data wipe on a 120 GB Hard Drive? [more inside]
posted on Feb 6, 2008 - 7 answers

Is there any simple way to encrypt the information in a web form and deliver it via email? [more inside]
posted on Aug 31, 2007 - 16 answers

What is the point of using a salt when encrypting passwords in a web application? [more inside]
posted on Aug 26, 2006 - 15 answers

Encryptionfilter: I'm looking for a full disk encryption solution for desktop and laptop use. [more inside]
posted on Jul 10, 2006 - 10 answers

PasswordFilter: Any places to store passwords online? [more inside]
posted on Mar 2, 2006 - 15 answers

What's the absolute simplest way for two or more people to share encrypted information via email, either in the text body or as a file attachment? [more inside]
posted on Oct 3, 2005 - 13 answers

Let's say I wanted to create a simple web app to store my various usernames and passwords. The app and database would be hosted externally (by Dreamhost). I would use a secure connection for any HTTP stuff going back and forth, and I would encrypt all of the passwords before going into the db, and I can only extract and decrypt a password after entering a pass phrase that exists only in my brain. What would it take for someone else to get at my passwords? [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2005 - 9 answers

So I've gone to www.thawte.com/email and got myself a Freemail certificate and imported it into Thunderbird, and my friend is about to do the same thing, and we want to exchange encrypted mails. What do we actually DO with our shiny new certificates? [more inside]
posted on May 1, 2005 - 11 answers

Is there some way within Windows XP or using 3rd party software that I can password protect individual folders on my pcs so that you cant see or get access to what is in them with out entering a password? Just to be super clear, I want to do this one folder at a time not as a general login.
posted on Feb 25, 2005 - 8 answers

Given a couple of encrypted hash strings, I need to identify the algorithm used to generate the hashes so that I can brute-force decrypt them. More inside..
posted on Jun 16, 2004 - 17 answers

I'd like a signed ssl certificate, as signing it myself leads to warnings from both Internet Explorer and Safari.
Verisign signs 128 bit at $895, which seems ridiculous to me.
Does anyone have positive experience with other trust vendors?
posted on Mar 2, 2004 - 6 answers