Collaborate Disseminate
TCP is preferred over UDP for various reasons, security being one of them. Obviously, TCP is also preferred for various reason unrelated to security (e.g. error debugging).
So in the context of security only: If all data is encrypted secur… Continue reading Is TCP still more secure than UDP if all data is encrypted?
Can WAN port forwarding expose other LAN devices to any direct security risks?
I don’t mean, for example, spreading from the target LAN device to other devices after compromise/infection, I am asking about direct risks (e.g. before the tra… Continue reading Can WAN port forwarding expose other LAN devices to any direct security risks?
As you may know, Google SafeSearch can be, and often is enforced by network admins on their networks.
And according to this Google article, this is how it works:
Set the DNS entry for www.google.com (and any other Google country or region… Continue reading Can Google SafeSearch be enforced on a network where a user uses DoH?
Normal ‘deleting’ of data and actually randomly overwriting it are very different in terms of security. So, just deleting passwords is not considered secure, because they can be recovered.
And although nearly all browsers encrypt their sav… Continue reading Are the encrypted browser-saved passwords randomly overwritten when deleted?
On any modern iPhone, a green and/or orange indicator light will turn on when the camera and/or microphone is being used. (See image below.)
Thanks to this site, I know that some webcams can be turned on without the indicator light.
Is the… Continue reading Can an iPhone’s camera/mic be turned on without the indicator light?
In case you haven’t noticed, 5-digit PIN-codes are incredibly rare, with their 4-digit and 6-digit counterparts being profusely more common.
In fact, I’d be impressed if you can name a single popular system that uses one.
Why was five skip… Continue reading Why are 5-digit PIN-codes so rare? [duplicate]
In general, how secure is it to have two email accounts as each other’s recovery email?
Recovery account are for resetting the other email’s password, notifying of security concerns, etc.
Continue reading How secure is it for two emails to be each other’s recovery accounts?
In general, how secure is it to have two email accounts as each other’s recovery-email?
Recovery account are for reseting the other email’s password, notifying of security concerns, etc.
Continue reading How secure is it for two emails to be each other’s recovery accounts?
I’ve recently been testing my wireless LAN against common attacks, one of them being arp spoofing, and attacks stemming from a successful arp spoof, such as dns poisoning. (I use bettercap)
On all of my routers, arp spoofing works successf… Continue reading IPv4 gateway changes when DNS poisoning from successful arp spoof [closed]
According to this cloudfare article:
DoT only uses port 853, while DoH uses port 443, which is the port that all other HTTPS traffic uses as well.
Which, means that:
With DoH, DNS queries are hidden within the larger flow of HTTPS traff… Continue reading Why is DNS over HTTPS more secure than DNS over TLS?