Questions tagged [file-access]
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Limit file access to admin and application on Windows 10?
I'm looking for a way to secure special made config files on an Windows 10 installation:
A user without admin rights must not have direct access to the unencrypted text file.
A closed source application which the user needs must have unrestricted…
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Debugging self recreating files
While cleaning up a portable HD I came across a directory that I cannot delete with the error that it is not empty, and that despite trying to delete it with the -rf flags (I am running linux).
I went in the directory and found 3 hidden files…
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How to know which files a process is accessing?
One of the running applications on my windows occasionally uses the internet bandwidth. It might be updating itself but it may access my private files and documents and is sending them over the internet.
How can I know which files a process is…
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How to make sure nobody has read this!
Is there any computer/server which would allow me to get "guaranteed read access history" for files?
For example, suppose I made a file with my plaintext passwords and simply wanted to make sure that
those bits have not been read by anyone. In…
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Incorrect file permissions for LAMP
I have installed Apache 2.4.6 on my server and have the following virtual host config:
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName foobar1.com
DocumentRoot /home/john/foobar1/foobar1.com
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How to protect EXIF data against editing/deleting in jpeg file?
Is there any option to protect EXIF data against editing or provide password protection?
I came accross the idea of creating executable file from image file, so that someone can view image the way is defined with no possibility to modify. Is this…
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Persisting data and programs by continually overwriting?
This is a sort of security-related thought experiment. In a (slightly odd) conversation I recently had, we got to discussing ways that a file could be kept the same, even when malicious users attempt to edit it. For the purpose of this discussion,…
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Need to prove someone sent an email, not me
Received: by 10.182.241.38 with HTTP; Sat, 15 Mar 2014 14:09:36 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <294B46790F860A4B9790B42606DFA3E4E4E5AE@MAHEXMB02.thrivehosted.local>
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