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Practical Network Scanning

You're reading from   Practical Network Scanning Capture network vulnerabilities using standard tools such as Nmap and Nessus

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788839235
Length 326 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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 Singh Chauhan Singh Chauhan
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Preface
1. Fundamental Security Concepts FREE CHAPTER 2. Secure Network Design 3. Server-Level Security 4. Cloud Security Design 5. Application Security Design 6. Threat Detection and Response 7. Vulnerability Assessment 8. Remote OS Detection 9. Public Key Infrastructure-SSL 10. Firewall Placement and Detection Techniques 11. VPN and WAN Encryption 12. Summary and Scope of Security Technologies 1. Assessment 2. Other Books you may enjoy Index

Using HTTPS for everything


Around two billion people are connected to the internet all across the globe, and the internet world has become the backbone of the species. HTTP is one of the most famous protocols which has become critical in today's digital era and it is the primary protocol for applications used on computers, tablets, smartphones, and many other devices. You should always protect all of your websites with HTTPS, even if they don't handle sensitive communications. This is because in today's world, there is no such thing as non-sensitive web traffic. 

Note

Beginning in July 2018 with the release of Chrome 68, Chrome will mark all HTTP sites as not secure.

HTTPS is a very serious and sensitive subject, and in this section we will discuss website security.

HTTP versus HTTPS

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a protocol that allows communications between client and server. Most commonly, it is used for transferring data from a web server to a browser to view web contents. The main...

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