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Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

The DMCA is not often considered in a discussion of hacking and the question of information security, but it is relevant to the area. The...

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Worms and Viruses and the CFAA

The spread of computer viruses and worms seems to be a common component integrated into many individuals’ and corporations’ daily activit...

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LIFETIME OF COOKIES

We know that cookies will be persistent or not depending on whether the Expires attribute was set on the cookie when it was created. Nonp...

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STORAGE CAPACITY OF HTTP COOKIES

Assuming we decide to use cookies to persistently store arbitrary data on the client, how much data could we actually store? Well, RFC210...

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HTTP COOKIES SECURITY

HTTP cookies are one of the most basic forms of client-side storage. To fully appreciate the limitations and security issues of using coo...

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THE MYTH OF USER-SUPPLIED CONTENT

THE MYTH OF USER-SUPPLIED CONTENT

Do not accept baggage or articles from others without checking the contents yourself. Never agree to allow strangers to check in thei...

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