Security can be a tricky business. This is especially true when you want security on an open network where anyone can see or modify your packet in transit. Of course, you can encrypt your message and everything would be fine. Right? No. The problem is...

Opportunistic locks ,or oplock is a client caching mechanism that allows SMB/SMB2 clients to dynamically decide the client-side buffering strategy so the network traffic can be minimized. For example, a client can buffer data for writing locally to reduce...

Many times when looking at the details of a network protocol you find yourself asking questions like: · What is that function doing to my data under the covers? · What if I could only see the unencrypted values? Then I could figure out what the problem...

RC4 CryptoAPI Encryption Password Verification -=- Dominic Salemno -=- Information security is important in this day and age. The most important core asset of any particular company is their information. Hence, the essential need for cryptography...

This blog entry is intended for those readers seeking a consolidated reference for high-level aspects of the NTLM Protocol, as well as those who have occasion to analyze network traffic with Wireshark (a registered trademark of the Wireshark Foundation...