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I need to create a session cookie using JavaScript (for more info see question). I’m wondering what should the expiry date be? I’m guessing it’s the browsing session, so if I don’t set an expiration date this will be used as … Continue reading What typically is the expiration date of a session cookie?
I’ve used cipher \w which is built into Windows to overwrite free space, but I’m looking for a tool that securely deletes files which have not been deleted yet. It would be a plus (but certainly not necessary) if it had the option to secur… Continue reading What’s a good secure file deletion software?
In a web-app should one strive to hide as much of the code as possible, for example from view source? In particular I was wondering should JavaScript be hidden, especially ones used for Ajax? I was thinking that if the JavaSc… Continue reading Hiding JavaScript source code
For example if I use WinRAR to encrypt a file and put a password on the archive how secure is it? I keep a personal journal and am thinking of doing this, or is there a better way? It’s just one huge .docx file.
Continue reading Does password protecting an archived file actually encrypt it?
If someone is using an insecure wireless connection (for example a hot spot in a coffee shop) does it pose a threat even if the person is using a secure application layer protocol? What I mean by secure application layer prot… Continue reading What are potential security risks when using an insecure wireless connection?
People say don’t use passwords in the dictionary but if you use two words isn’t it alright? Dictionaries have at least 10,000 entries so just two words will be 100,000,000 possibilities (and that’s given if the attacker someh… Continue reading Using passwords made of words
I’ve noticed growing popularity in proxy services for torrent clients; such as BTGuard. Most torrent clients encrypt traffic so aren’t these services pointless? I read that it’s because the encryption is only for obfuscation,… Continue reading proxy services for torrents vs encrypting data