Security
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Core Java

Securing HTTP-based APIs With Signatures
I work at EMC on a platform on top of which SaaS solutions can be built. This platform has a…
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Software Development

What is Important in Secure Software Design?
There are many basic architectural and design mistakes that can compromise the security of a system: Missing something important in…
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Core Java

Java Security Tutorial – Step by Step guide to create SSL connection and certificates
In our series of articles on applying JEE security we present you another detailed tutorial on how to create a…
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Software Development

Choosing between a Pen Test and a Secure Code Review
Secure Code Reviews (bringing someone in from outside of the team to review/audit the code for security vulnerabilities) and application…
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Enterprise Java

Browser-based Key Generation and interaction with the Browser’s Key/Certificate Store
Imagine the following scenario: You need to get a key (in the asymmetric case the user’s public key) from a…
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Software Development

Understanding Transport Layer Security / Secure Socket Layer
Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 / Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0, is the mechanism to provide private, secured and reliable…
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Core Java

Java 7 Update 21 Security Improvements in Detail
Oracle released three updates to Java yesterday. It is important to note that they contain several security related changes. The…
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Software Development

Penetration Testing Shouldn’t be a Waste of Time
In a recent post on āDebunking Myths: Penetration Testing is a Waste of Timeā, Rohit Sethi looks at some of…
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Core Java

Weaknesses in Java Pseudo Random Number Generators (PRNGs)
This will be a sum up of a Paper written by Kai Michaelis, Jƶrg Schwenk and me, which wasĀ presented…
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