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| | dgroshev.com

[AI summary] The author discusses the challenges and solutions for implementing a secure, privacy-preserving BitTorrent connectivity testing tool using cryptographic techniques like asymmetric encryption and HMAC to protect user IP addresses.
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| | blog.hboeck.de

[AI summary] A technical deep-dive into a security vulnerability in Owncloud's server-side encryption module, specifically analyzing how malleable Cipher Feedback (CFB) mode allowed an attacker to inject arbitrary DOS executable code into shared Windows files.
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| | pboyd.io

Here's a fun list to look through: Dumb Password Rules. Most of the rules seem arbitrary, like only allowing digits, but some hint at deeper problems. For instance, preventing single-quotes. They aren't inserting passwords into a database without a SQL placeholder, right? Nearly every site on that list has a needlessly short maximum password size. If they're storing passwords correctly, there's no need for this. This post will go through a few bad ways to store a password and you can see what I mean....
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| | www.paragonie.com

A deep dive into preventing chosen-ciphertext (e.g. padding oracle) attacks against RSA in custom encrypted transport protocols.
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