Archives for Software Dev
CORS origin False Positives
Almost all CORS misconfiguration notifications are false positive. If you have checked "Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *", you will get these false positives. It needs to be set to "Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
The art of teaching
What you are trying to teach - EXISTS independently of your teaching! So - it is a truth within this Universe. How you convey that truth is dependent upon…
Hashing and Loss of Information
Hashing and Loss of Information, Key Derivation Hash functions lose information that is present in the input data. This is required in order to generate a fixed-length output hash value. This…
Hash and then Encrypt?
Hash and then Encrypt? Recently, I came across some code that did this. It makes no sense to do this. Hashing an input before encrypting it with an algorithm like…
Javascript Security Testing – Pen Tests, Static Code analysis and Threat Analysis
Differences Between Static Code Analysis, Pen Testing, and Threat Analysis in JavaScript When building software, ensuring security is paramount, especially when working with a widely used language like JavaScript. To…
Alternatives and Competitors to PKI Encryption
Competitors to PKI: Identity-Based Encryption (IBE): Instead of relying on certificates like PKI, IBE uses identity information (, email address) as the public key. Competitors: Voltage Security (now part of…
Cloud Encryption as a service providers
Also read Cloud KMS - Encryption as a service Encryption-as-a-Service Providers: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Key Management Service (KMS): Provides encryption services with integrated key management for AWS services and…
project maps replace gannt charts
Gannt Charts are tedious and upating them is error-prone. Project Maps (created by any agile software like Jira, Azure ) is a better visual.
Books on Quantum Field Theory – Self Learning
Relativistic Quantum Theory - Part 1 -- by Landau Relativistic Quantum Theory Part 2 - by Landau An introduction to Quantum Field Theory - Peskin and Schroder Student Friendly Quantum…
Detachment, Riding a Bicycle, Infinite Inner Potential
Swami Bodhinanda writes about three different stages in yoga. These stages are a) Developing Powers of Concentration and b) Developing Powers of Detachment. c) Combining one and two - COncentration…