Network security
Triple DES (3DES): How It Works and Why It's Being Retired
How Triple DES works, why its 64-bit block led to the Sweet32 attack and its retirement, and how to remove the 3DES cipher suites that vulnerability scans flag.
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Network security
Weak protocols, legacy ciphers and exposed services on internal and external networks, and how to find and remove them.
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Network security
Data Encryption Standard (DES): How It Works and Why It Failed
How DES works, why its 56-bit key failed in public, and where DES still hides in real networks: LM hashes, NTLMv1, Kerberos settings and SNMPv3.
· 6 min read
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