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Switching Between HTTP and HTTPS Automatically

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Introduction Let's face it. Providing sensitive information on a Web site is a risk. Many visitors will not give out that kind of data even if they see that the Web site claims security. Many more will certainly not reveal their personal details if the warm-and-fuzzy closed padlock isn't visible in their browser window. See the What's New section for the latest updates. Background Enter Secure Sockets Layer. SSL is a developer's tool for securing the transmission of data. Whether you are encrypting pages for the checkout area of an e-commerce site or you are protecting the personal statistics that your users supply you for marketing, SSL is ideal. A trusted certificate installed on the Web server offers visitors that good feeling of a secure environment. There are caveats when implementing a Web site that makes use of the HTTPS protocol. I'm not referring to the technical nuances that you or a system administrator must face when installing a certif...

Windows Vista Security, Review of Data Execution Prevention

Windows Vista introduces a range of new technologies that make the most secure desktop version of Windows to date. The following article provides an objective analysis of one of these improvements. Our goal is to help people better understand the true security climate that awaits them with Windows Vista, in this case with DEP (Data Execution Prevention). Security technologies in Windows Vista With the introduction of Windows Vista, Microsoft has leveraged a number of security technologies in order to mitigate several classes of attack that have historically plagued the Windows operating system. These technologies are numerous, and are best described visually in the following figure: See full detail: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/edinson_2109/WindowsVistaSecurity-Review-of-DEP05302009191115PM/WindowsVistaSecurity-Review-of-DEP.aspx