What is SSL? Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a protocol that provides secure communications over networks, including the Internet. The protocol allows client-server applications to communicate with each other and preventing third-parties from spying and interfering in these communications. The successor of SSL is Transport Layer Security (TLS). Why it is used? As already...
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Encryption hides information by changing the contents from one form to another, therefore reducing the risk of exposing that information to unauthorized third-parties. Briefly, the information content cannot be read as it is garbled. The original plain text is distorted before it is sent to the recipient through an encryption process. Encryption provides confidentiality,...
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Session hijacking or sidejacking is when an attacker intercepts traffic of user sessions such as, the traffic between a Wi-Fi router and the user connection to the network. For instance, we find a Firefox plug-in that automates session hijacking over unsecure Wi-Fi networks called Firesheep. Firesheep has an inbuilt database of the most popular...
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The advantages of Web SSL or https VPNs are noticeable and such an easy setup will help users build VPNs faster and most probably safer. SSL VPN solutions will flourish in the years to come as they will solve a great number of network security problems which may have held back the less experienced administrators...
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Rackspace and Akamai Technologies join forces to offer web acceleration and cloud optimization services as part of Rackspace portfolio. This means that Rackspace customers will now enjoy better transfer speeds and services of data stored in the cloud. Akamai Technologies specializes in content delivery networks (CDNs) and will enhance Rackspace content delivery infrastructure, plus...
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