Abstract The purpose of this article is to explain how to use technologies is to validate that users are who they claim to be (authentication) and to determine what resources that user has permission to access (authorization). This is done by expanding upon the protections against man-in-the-middle and eavesdropping attacks that are obtained with the…
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Abstract In order to secure a network system from eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks, it is important to protect your data from outsiders as it travels across the public infrastructure of the Internet. Encryption can be used to shield data from prying eyes and digital signatures can verify that clients are connecting to your web service.…
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Abstract This article continues on the work from the previous article, EnvoyProxy 2, but makes use of a powerful feature, rate limiting, which can block requests if they are made more frequently than a certain limit. A demonstration of using this feature to protect against general brute-force attacks is provided, as well as customizing rate…
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