Questions tagged [synchronization]
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Secure File Replication between LAN and DMZ
Our support staff established remote access connection from jumphosts that are isolated within a DMZ. To provide support they need project files (up to a few GB of size) which are stored on a file server within our LAN. Currently, the transfer is…
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Can my open Firefox Sync session be used to circumvent a Master Password?
In short I'm wondering what's stopping someone with access to my computer account to exploit an open Firefox Sync session to view my synced passwords, even if a Master Password has been set.
On this page Mozilla says:
Even though the Password…
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Securely Synchronize Nodes
There's an application that is capable of spinning up nodes for HA. All nodes need to be synchronized with a configuration file that contains the credentials of all the admins.
The current solution is through a RESTful GET request to pull the config…
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How is resynchronization performed for security keys / MFA devices?
When a MFA (time based) device security key drifts out of synchronization there is a procedure to resynchronize it. But there is no input to the device itself.
Smartphone apps don't have this problem. I assume this is because the app has access to…
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How to synchronize a nonce between two participants?
I am currently working with a symmetric algorithm which requires a nonce for encryption, and logically for decryption as well.
However, I am a bit confused about how I would go and synchronize the nonce on both clients.
Let's say my nonce is…
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Encrypt and backup files directly to cloud storage? (No locally saved copies)
So far I know of the following services:
Tresorit (paid cloud storage service)
SpiderOak (paid cloud storage service)
Arq (paid software, works with a number of cloud services)
...are there any others?
Specifically, I am talking about Type 1…
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How can you spoof a TCP connection to a device that uses the same initial sequence number for each run of a TCP handshake?
So supposing the TCP implementation on a device always uses the same initial sequence number how could you as an off path attacker exploit this to spoof a connection to this device?
So in order to do this you would need the device to set up a TCP…
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How do u2f devices manage to not go out of sync?
U2F devices store an internal counter to resolve a challenge and the counter value is sent back to the server (source).
I think the counters on the server and on the client must go out of sync from time to time, the internet connection just needs to…
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Is quarantine threats absolutely necessary? Every time I do, all my Chrome tabs crash
I have been talking backwards and forwards with a MalwareByte support, because every time I run 'quarantine threats' all my Chrome tabs crash. This guy keeps asking me to switch Google sync off, and then resetting it, except that there is no reset…
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Is there a way to check if Google Drive is scanning folders other than the ones I have synced?
I have a piece of software that monitors C:\Folder1. It keeps it in sync with C:\Folder2. It encrypts everything in C:\Folder2.
I want to sync Folder2 to my Google Drive. But this additional encryption step is silly if they could scan my entire file…
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What client side encryption algorithm/libraries should I use to make syncing easier?
I want to build a webapp and a sister mobile app (using react native) that uses client side encryption. The encryption would be for text entries written on a daily basis that the user could create and edit. If the user goes offline, I want them to…
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How effective are timestamps as a countermeasure for Replay attacks?
I was reading the Wiki entry for Replay attacks. It mentions that timestamps can be used as a countermeasure against such attacks:
Timestamping is another way of preventing a replay attack.
Synchronization should be achieved using a secure…
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