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Developing secure software is a challenge. Writing really secure software is a real challenge.
Here are the articles which touch different security aspects of software, from “what cipher suites are not to be used with TLS”, to certain more or less novel things under ‘Security Research’ subcategory
MMOG. RTT, Input Lag, and How to Mitigate Them
January 25, 2016 by • “No Bugs” Bunny
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For fast-paced games, there is one big problem with the flow shown on this diagram, and the name of the problem is “latency” (a.k.a. 'input lag')
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No, better bandwidth doesn't necessarily mean better latency
Filed under: On.SecurityFraud PreventionOn.ProgrammingNetwork Programming
Read moreOn Cheating, P2P, and (non-)Authoritative Servers from "D&D of MMOG" book
November 9, 2015 by • “No Bugs” Bunny
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Any successful MMOG faces cheaters, and currently authoritative servers is the only way which enables fighting them.
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Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. — Albert Einstein
Filed under: On.SecurityFraud PreventionBook: D&D of MOGs1st beta of Vol. VII-IX
Read moreAddressing the Delayed Message Attack in Wireless IoT Environments
September 14, 2015 by • “Sergeant Major” Hare
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Delayed-Message Attacks can Represent a Real Threat if Left Unchecked
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Prevention/mitigation of the Attack is easy, but it needs to be taken into account at the application level.
Filed under: On.SecurityResearch
Read moreClient-Plus-Server Password Hashing as a Potential Way to Improve Security Against Brute Force Attacks without Overloading the Server
August 10, 2015 by • “Sergeant Major” Hare
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Client-Side password hashing (in addition to existing server-side hashing) can improve resilience to brute-force attacks.
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Even if client-side is 10x slower than server-side, it leaves us with 10x improvement which is certainly a good thing to have
Filed under: On.SecurityResearch
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