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Message level vs. Transport level encryption
What can go wrong with just Transport Level Encryption? Transport Level Security only supports point-to-point encryption – when a message travels directly from the consumer to a Web Service without…
web services security
How you secure web services depends on whether they are intranet or internet facing. Internet Facing Services For an internet facing web service, you need message level encryption. The encryption…
Use Case – Customer withdraws cash from Teller (or ATM machine) by filling out a withdrawal slip (or form on ATM machine)
Use Case - Customer withdraws cash from Teller (or ATM machine) by filling out a withdrawal slip (or form on ATM machine). Problem Statement: 1. Design the system so that…
Cookies Accessible through Client-Side Script
In 2002, Microsoft introduced a new cookie property called "HttpOnly." While you can set the property programmatically on a per-cookie basis, you also can set it globally in the site…
Quick Intro to R
Also see, The BigData Landscape x <- "Hello World";print(x)#vectorv <- c(1, 2, 3)print(v)#sequences <- 1:5print(s)#matrixm <- matrix(data = 1:6, nrow = 2, ncol = 3)#arraya <- array(data = 1:8,…
kerberos versus SAML
Kerberos is primarily used over internal LANs to authenticate users. The question is – why isn’t it used as an external (public facing) auth mechanism? The REALM The answer –…
What bitcoin is and isn’t
What BitCoin is So there aren’t many reasons to use bitcoin over cash, but there are still reasons to incorporate bitcoin into your life. Both examples I gave earlier, of…
multiple sites, single IP
In brief, if you want to host multiple sites (on IIS) – and all you have is a single IP , you have to use host-headers (in IIS). These host…
Restful versus SOAP–Is SOAP Obsolete?
REST is obviously taking over the world of web services. However, there are several vendors still pushing out SOAP compliant APIs and providing services that are SOAP based. The reason…
Scan paper–face up or down?
If the lines are on the sheet (left image below), face up. If the lines are on the bent ear (right image below), face down.