Tag: application layer
Creating Your Own Server: The Socket API, Part 1
In this series of articles aimed at newbies to network programming (knowledge of C is a prerequisite), we'll learn how to create network clients...
Securing Database Servers
With the ever-expanding data requirements for Web applications, database administrators often configure security parameters at the OS and database layer. Unfortunately, administrators seldom consider...
Advanced NMap: Some Scan Types
A broad overview and the basic features of NMap have been covered in an earlier article in this series of articles on Nmap. In...