protection

Google app engine: what are content folder data securing options?

It seems for me that when youve got low (in general hacking terms) quotas (I am talking about free GAE plan) and quite large files uoy wanna stream to your users youmust somehow to protect thouse files from "bad" users So it is sad By default, App Engine makes all files in the WAR available as static files except JSPs and files...

xml- data protecting from viewers?

Hi, i was wondering what options, or how can i protect my data (which is xml) from people that try to view the files.. ...

How/can I create single folder access per user on one database?

I have an existing website with a php database and multiple users; however, once logged in each user has access to every folder on the database. I want to limit users to one folder. How/can I create single folder access per user on one database? ...

Hotlinking protection

ok so i have a couple of working codes RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://site.com/.*$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://site.com$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.site.com/.*$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.site.com$ [NC] RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp|mp...

Protect my programs from sniffers?

How do I protect my program's from packet sniffers? E.g. I don't want packet sniffers to be able to see where my program connects to. What is the best way to counter packet sniffing? ...

Protect project from renaming

Hi all, I'm currently working on a new project, and I would like to publish it as Open-Source... The project consists in a server and a client created to emulate a famous 2d game... There are already 2 or 3 some other projects of this type (Open-Source), but you all know in these days people have the habit to rename the work of other peo...

Forbid access to files in a simple PHP login system

Hi guys! I wrote this VERY simple PHP login system: <?php session_start(); $error = ''; if (isset($_POST['username']) && isset($_POST['password'])) { if ($_POST['username'] == 'user' && $_POST['password'] == 'pass') { $_SESSION['client'] = 'ok'; Header ("location: /kit/kit/index....

How to protect a web server FROM a reverse proxy server.

I have a website "www.website.com". Recently I found out that somebody has set up a reverse proxy with an almost identical url "www.website1.com" in front of my website. I'm concerned of those users who came to my website through that reverse proxy. Their username and passwords might be logged when they login. Is there a way for me ...

How to detect if my website is relayed through the hosts file or an application

I have an application that connect to my website to verify user data (hardware id), but if somebody puts a line in the windows hosts file, it could be relayed to another site. Then it gets bad data and my app gets cheated (cracked). So, how to detect if my website is relayed through the hosts file or another application? ...

using iframe to display the other site content

I see the websites displaying other websites in their website using iframe. Example: http://www.bigresource.com/Tracker/Track-vb-c9WiXD1ijR/ this site displays codeguru.com content. Is this legally allowed? Should they need permission from codeguru.com explicitly to display their content? ...

Protect files with asp.net forms authentication

I'm using Asp.net running on a shared hosting environment. I'm using forms authentication to authenticate users. Now I need to add support for the users to create pdfs and images and save them on the server. The problem is that I need to protect the pdf/image created so only the user that created the file can use it, so it is protected f...

protect webpage with question.

i want to share something with a specific group of people. the way i want to do it is: before the page is loaded , i prompt a question to the viewer , if the answer is right , then the page is loaded, if the answer is wrong , the user is turn to the warning page.(i want to avoid the registration process, a specific question is ok) b...