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I have deployed HashiCorp Vault in a Linux VM, and I want it to connect to an instance of MySQL database running on my host machine.
In my database (host machine IP 100.101.102.103), I have created a user especially for this purpose:
CREAT… Continue reading Unsupported operation when trying to remotely create new MySQL user via HashiCorp Vault [migrated]
I am trying to brute-force an account but can’t tell if the input is working or not.
FYI: The username is a telephone number.
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└─$ sudo hydra -s 443 -t 1 -l +3xxxxxxxxxxxx -p /Documents/vin.txt 5x.x7.xx.2xx https-post-form… Continue reading Not sure if my input in HYDRA is working or not [closed]
When I launch a program that wants network communication for the first time, I get this dialog:
It’s been a part of Windows for a while now (this is running on Windows 10, but note the Vista/7 design language), and has always to my knowle… Continue reading Why does the Windows Security Alert dialog default to to the "not recommended" option?
I am going through the Thales HSM manuals, and frankly the key acronyms are driving me crazy. I would like to understand the differences between the following keys, and how they relate to one another:
LMK
TMK/TPK/TAK/TEK
ZMK/ZPK/ZAK/ZEK
… Continue reading Thales HSM: relationship between the various key types?
It appears that every time there’s a vulnerability discovered major enough to hit the news, its been assigned a brand name and often even a logo. Heartbleed, Spectre, Meltdown, Foreshadow, etc. Who decides and produces these?… Continue reading Who "brands" vulnerabilities?
Goal:
Deliver a message along a given routing path ABC with three nodes/steps A, B, and C.
Generate a secret out of the path info and encapsulate it in the message.
The path secret should be locally verified at each step…. Continue reading any encryption technique to use for constant-size path secret construction and verification?
I am designing an online multiplayer game and I am looking for a good tradeoff of secure communications with minimal CPU and bandwidth utilization. My ideal solution would only use UDP packets since TCP is a poor choice for the realtime re… Continue reading Security for a low latency online multiplayer game