Security

FBI agents crack WEP in 3 minutes

Mark H. Wagner — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 10:39:00 GMT

There is an interesting article about how FBI agents crack WEP (wireless encryption) in 3 minutes. The article at TomsNetworking covers this in detail including the tools they used. There is also a list of steps you can take to secure your wireless home network.

http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sections-article111-page1.php

Securing the Username Token with WSE 2.0 by Keith Brown

Mark H. Wagner — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:26:00 GMT

I have been working to improve my knowledge of WSE and WSE 2.0. Keith Brown has an excellent article on Securing the Username Token with WSE 2.0. He also has a post on his blog with comments regarding this article.

Keith does an excellent job of clearly discussing the what, why, and the how on best-practices for securing user tokens - and why it is so important to do this correctly. He covers how to mitigate agains issues like brute-force and off-line attacks as well as what not to do. Clear and concise.

Trust Decisions, SSL, and SSL (In)Securities

Mark H. Wagner — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:10:00 GMT

I had a question about SSL and submitted it to both Eric Lippert and Dana Epp. They both promptly answered along with with excellent information. I thought I'd share the information and links. A big thanks to both Eric and Dana!

Dana Epp's response:
http://silverstr.ufies.org/blog/archives/000678.html

Eric Lippert article:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2003/09/25/53101.aspx

These are both EXCELLENT sites/bloggers and I highly recommend you visit them.

Configuring .NET Code Access Security - David Meyers

Mark H. Wagner — Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:52:00 GMT

Configuring .NET Code Access Security