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I have seen multiple videos/tutorials regarding how to setup the email system in Django.
It seems that they all assume as long as the password is stored in an environmental variable, no encryption is required.
Is that so? Shouldn’t passwor… Continue reading Should email password be encrypted in a django app when using TLS?
Here’s our scenario. I have a NodeJS server running that connects to a Microsoft SQL Server using an application account (SQL Basic Auth). The Username and Password were stored in the configuration files when the app was created.
We now … Continue reading I need to secure my access to SQL Server for application accounts, but no one can know the application passwords. How?
The password in VeraCrypt is used to en-/decrypt a header, that contains a master key, that is used to en-/decrypt the data.
I know, that I can change the password, which will not change the master key and thus be quite fast. But if I have… Continue reading VeraCrypt: Is it possible to change the master key?
I know that support for Argon2 was released with OpenLdap 2.4.5 according to this link https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8575, but what if I want to use it with a previous version like 2.4.4 is there a way of doing this? Also if ar… Continue reading How to use scrypt or Argon for Openldap version < 2.4.5
I’m thinking to what extend being dependent on one password to encrypt all my data is a good idea. While I would expect that I normally will remember the password, I’m unsure about how likely it is that my brain will fail in an unexpected … Continue reading What are the chances that a human forgets a password they regularly use? [closed]
They say a chain is only as secure as its weakest link. When it comes to account security it seems to me that the Forgot My Password functionality is the weakest link in the security chain because it only requires an attacker to gain acces… Continue reading Forget Me Not? Abandoning the Forgot Password Functionality
I’ve seen conflicting opinions on this, more than the below, but i.e.
Unsafe: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-you-should-never-allow-your-web-browser-to-save-your-passwords/
Safe: https://cybersecuritymagazine.com/8-reasons-to-use… Continue reading Safe or Unsafe to Store Passwords in Chrome on MacOS?
Software development environments seem to benefit when problems can be solved "higher up the chain".
For example, many web platform features that are now natively supported in both JavaScript and CSS used to require much labor an… Continue reading Are there security concerns that might prevent database systems from providing password data types?
I have a question about how Firefox protects Login information (Website passwords) on the one hand and Credit Card data on the other. I noticed that there are two different approaches to how Login passwords are protected and to how Credit… Continue reading How does Firefox protect Logins and Credit Card Data?
When did you last change your work password? Was it when the system prompted you? When you were first hired? Or maybe the answer doesn’t matter. When it comes to password safety, old adages don’t always apply anymore. Let’s take a look at what today’s business password management really needs by focusing on the valuable […]
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