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May 22, 2013

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ALSO CALLED: Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer, HTTP over Secure Socket Layer, HTTP over SSL DEFINITION: Web protocol developed by Netscape and built into its browser that encrypts and decrypts user page requests as well as the pages that are returned by the Web server. HTTPS is really just the use of Netscape's Secure Socket Layer (SSL) as a sub-layer under its regular HTTP application layering. HTTPS uses port 443 instead of HTTP port 80 in its interactions with the lower layer, TCP/IP.
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Fraud Alert: New Phishing Tactics - and How They Impact Your Business sponsored by Thawte Inc. WHITE PAPER: Uncover the latest trends of phishing scams and uncover a number of best practices that will help you protect both your organization and your users. Posted: 17 May 2013 \| Published: 17 May 2013 TOPICS: Certificate Authorities \| Email \| Email Security \| Email Security Policies \| Email Security Software \| HTTPS \| Malware \| Phishing \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Systems \| Security Threats \| SSL \| Virtualization Security \| Vulnerability Management

Session Hijacking: How to Protect Your Customers and Your Corporate Data sponsored by Thawte Inc. WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper details the challenges of session hijacking – or sidejacking – and why it is becoming such a prominent issue today, especially with the adoption of social media. View now to uncover the implications of these detrimental attacks and learn how to truly keep your users and organization safe. Posted: 06 Feb 2013 \| Published: 30 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Certificate Authorities \| Cookies \| Data Security \| Encryption Standards \| HTTP \| HTTPS \| Network Protocols \| Network Security \| Social Computing \| Social Networking \| SSL \| SSL Accelerators \| SSL VPN \| TLS \| Web Site Monitoring

Protecting User from Firesheep and Sidejacking Attacks with SSL sponsored by VeriSign EMEA WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses the problems of unsecured Wi-Fi including recent security concerns such as the Firesheep and sidejacking, and how to protect against these attacks. Learn how public websites can provide security with TLS/SSL by not only harden against many attacks, but also assure users of that security. Posted: 29 Jul 2011 \| Published: 29 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Certificate Authorities \| HTTPS \| Security Management \| Security Standards \| SSL \| TLS \| Web Site Monitoring

Web Application Security: Automated Scanning versus Manual Penetration Testing sponsored by Logicalis WHITE PAPER: This paper explains the two primary methods for discovering Web application vulnerabilities: using manual penetration testing and code review or using automated scanning tools and static analysis. Posted: 11 Dec 2008 \| Published: 11 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Customer Data Management \| Customer Privacy \| HTTP \| HTTPS \| Penetration Testing \| Security Threats \| Software \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Web Application Security

Improving End-User Performance by Eliminating HTTP Chattiness sponsored by F5 Networks WHITE PAPER: Many organizations embark on global multi-million dollar web application deployments only to later discover that their users are unsatisfied with the performance compared to their old client server application. This paper provides alternatives. Posted: 28 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Apr 2007 TOPICS: Caching \| Content Management \| HTTP \| HTTPS \| Web Application Security \| Web Applications Management \| Web Caching Appliances

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