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What is Cryptography in network security? Type of Cryptography.

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022Security Checklist, Security Controls, Security Guidelinescryptography, network security

Reading Time: 4 minutes Cryptography is the study of security over communication between senders and receivers message so that only right recipient can get the message and processed it

Apigee: Introduction to OAuth 2.0 Grant Types

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019API's, Security Guidelines, Studio-Scala

Reading Time: 3 minutes OAuth 2.0 describes a number of grant types to authenticate an API endpoint request.

How to start with Vega : The web security scanner?

February 5, 2018August 9, 2018Security, Security Audit, Security Guidelines, Testing, Web, Web Application

Reading Time: 3 minutes Vega – Web security scanner and web security testing platform. Alright, Today I have come up with an interesting topic which is Vega and this blog is inspired by the last blog I wrote on web security. Vega is nothing but a tool, we will talk more about Vega in a while but let’s first talk ‘Why Vega’. So, next when you are done with your Continue Reading

Configuring SSH Key Authentication on Linux

June 12, 2017AWS, AWS Services, Security, Security Controls, Security GuidelinesConfiguring SSh, Configuring ssh key athentication, remote access with ssh key, secure remote access, security without password, ssh, ssh linux

Reading Time: 3 minutes Now Days it is very convenient to use Remote Desktop Protocol(RDP) for accessing remote system over Internet, specially server systems(either client to server or server to server), although it is very convenient and easy way to access remote systems but it may cause big loss as it may provide an opportunity for remote attackers to guess logon credentials of client. There may present many ways Continue Reading

Handling HTTPS requests with Akka-HTTPS Server

January 17, 2017June 8, 2018Akka, akka-http, Security, Security Audit, Security Checklist, Security Controls, Security Guidelines, Studio-ScalaAkka, akka-http, akka-https, http, http request, HTTP server, https, HTTPS requests, keymanager, keystore, REST, scala, Server-Side HTTPS, SMTP, SOAP, ssl, ssl certificate, SSlContext, trustmanager, truststore

Reading Time: 2 minutes Hi guys, In my last blogs I explained how one can create a self-signed certificate and KeyStore in PKCS12. You can go through the previous blog, as we’ll be needing certificate and keystore for handling HTTPS requests. https://blog.knoldus.com/2016/10/18/create-a-self-signed-ssl-certificate-using-openssl/ https://blog.knoldus.com/2016/10/26/how-to-create-a-keystore-in-pkcs12-format/ Akka-HTTP provides both Server-Side and Client-Side HTTPS support. In this blog I’ll be covering the Server-Side HTTPS support. Let’s start with “why do we need server-side HTTPS support?” If we want the communication between the browser and Continue Reading

How to build secure Web Application

February 3, 2016September 11, 2018Security, Security Audit, Security Checklist, Security Controls, Security Guidelines, Studio-Scala, Web Application

Reading Time: 4 minutes We all use web applications everyday whether we consciously know it or not. That is, all of us who browse the web. Now a days we have seen a significant surge in the amount of web application specific vulnerabilities that are disclosed to the public. No web application technology has shown itself invulnerable, and discoveries are made every day that affect both owners and users security and privacy. Security Continue Reading