Database Administrator vs. Database Architect: What’s the Difference?

A database admin is responsible for the operation of databases, whereas a database architect manages the design, implementation and maintenance of databases. Continue reading Database Administrator vs. Database Architect: What’s the Difference?

Why do most DP mechanisms consider constant noise variance across data points?

I have been studying Differential Privacy (DP) and there’s something I do not understand: why is the variance of the noise in most DP schemes constant across all individuals (assuming a one-to-one relationship between individuals and data … Continue reading Why do most DP mechanisms consider constant noise variance across data points?

Post Exploitation in Oracle web logic server 10.35 (Oracle Linux Server 3.8)

Web Server : Oracle WebLogic 10.35
Machine : Oracle Linux Server 3.8
I was able to partially exploit this CVE. I can execute any command on server using HTTP request and redirecting its output to a file i.e
cat /etc/passwd > /tmp/succes… Continue reading Post Exploitation in Oracle web logic server 10.35 (Oracle Linux Server 3.8)

What are the threats of using hashing functions that are built into the DBMS? (besides man-in-the-middle attacks)

There are functions like MD5 and SHA2 in MySQL which can be used to hash values before putting them into the database, or when searching over values.
As I proposed a possible solution in a comment to this answer to a question, I was told t… Continue reading What are the threats of using hashing functions that are built into the DBMS? (besides man-in-the-middle attacks)