Wayne Graham is a systems administrator at the College of William and Mary's Earl Gregg Swem Library. Wayne is also the co-manager of the Williamsburg Macromedia User's Group and has been developing with ASP, Java, and ColdFusion since 2001.
How secure are your applications? Public-Key encryption may be the solution
when security really matters.
If you have developed an application that requires user authentication, you
have undoubtedly wrestled with varying levels of security. At a basic level,
most security models revolve around membership, authentication, and
authorization functions. Secure socket layers (SSL) is a popular method for
securing the transmission of data between Web server and client. ColdFusion
MX and ColdFusion 6.1 have very good integration with Java's Secure Socket
Extensions Library, which is capable of 2048-bit encryption. While the
transmission of the data over the Internet via SSL helps secure against
electronic eavesdropping, the data stored in your applications may still be
at risk.
The storage of passwords is a prime example of this security risk. If your
database is comprom... (more)
Wayne Graham is a systems administrator at the College of William and Mary's Earl Gregg Swem Library. Wayne is also the co-manager of the Williamsburg Macromedia User's Group and has been developing with ASP, Java, and ColdFusion since 2001.
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