Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) is an authentication layer used in Internet protocols. SASL is not a protocol, but rather a framework that provides developers of applications and shared libraries with mechanisms for authentication, data integrity–checking, and encryption. Within the framework and a few of its plugins, there are a couple of known vulnerabilities that we want to make … [Read more...]
Pieter Arntz September 21, 2018
Pieter Arntz September 14, 2018
Is two-factor authentication (2FA) as secure as it seems?
Two-factor authentication (2FA) was invented to add an extra layer of security to the—now considered old-fashioned and insecure—simple login procedure of entering a username and password. One of the most well-known examples of 2FA is when you try to log into a familiar website from a different machine or from a different location, which results in a different IP. With 2FA-enabled login procedures, … [Read more...]
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