Does encrypting in transit serve to avoid in transit attacks or to signal less visible backend security? [closed]

Common advise and legislation requires that even small organizations implement encryption at transit, considering that encryption represents implementation and maintenance costs, it is important to accurately gauge the risk of sending data… Continue reading Does encrypting in transit serve to avoid in transit attacks or to signal less visible backend security? [closed]

Infinity mirror in network monitoring: The watchman watching theirself watch theirself watching theirself [closed]

Suppose we set up a server that can be accessed by its ip address from anywhere in the world, its job is displaying some reasonably sensitive information to anyone who requests it. Naturally we want to know exactly what happens with our da… Continue reading Infinity mirror in network monitoring: The watchman watching theirself watch theirself watching theirself [closed]

Does removing features from a library increase or reduce security risks?

Software libraries targetting resource constrained environments like embedded systems use conditional compilation to allow consumers to shave space and thus increase performance by removing unused features from the final binaries distribut… Continue reading Does removing features from a library increase or reduce security risks?