I just have a question: when you use network sockets, and send a message over the internet, is it in readable form? IE. can anyone who the packets pass by just read the contents? Man I would hate to have to code encryption, that is perhaps the most boring thing ever.
Also how dangerous is it to be messing around with network programming without some kind of security training?
Network Socket Programming Encryption
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Network Socket Programming Encryption
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Re: Network Socket Programming Encryption
Yes. The best way to secure your data is to send the packets over an encrypted connection such as SSL/TSL (ie. HTTPS), an SSH tunnel, or something similar. The alternative being encrypting any sensitive data before it gets sent into the pipe.Aspirer wrote:I just have a question: when you use network sockets, and send a message over the internet, is it in readable form? IE. can anyone who the packets pass by just read the contents?
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How would one do that?
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Aspirer wrote:How would one do that?
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D'oh!
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Re: Network Socket Programming Encryption
Feel free to post back if you have any specific questions.Aspirer wrote:D'oh!
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