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Mike Cobb is a resident expert for SearchSecurity.com answering questions on application and platform security. Below are links to some of his answers to questions covering topics from e-mail firewalls to url and content filtering, from patch management to disk and file encryption.
Best practices and tools for non-MS IISusers  Read this question and answer now.
The pros and cons of proxy firewalls  Read this question and answer now.
Enterprise-level spam filters  Read this question and answer now.
PKI system validation processes  Read this question and answer now.
How VPNs interact with instant-messaging applications  Read this question and answer now.
Web application variable manipulation  Read this question and answer now.
Java programming resources  Read this question and answer now.
How to prevent poor e-mail practices  Read this question and answer now.
How buffer-overflow vulnerabilities occur  Read this question and answer now.
How RSA keys differ from DH/DSS keys  Read this question and answer now.
Patch management techniques  Read this question and answer now.
How vulnerability management relates to critical applications  Read this question and answer now.
The pros and cons of FTP over SSL  Read this question and answer now.
Proxy server functions  Read this question and answer now.
How FTPS differs from TLS  Read this question and answer now.
How to deploy Microsoft patches without Active Directory or SMS  Read this question and answer now.
Handling permissions in Active Directory  Read this question and answer now.
Patch deployment timeline  Read this question and answer now.
How to implement a simulator for FTP and TFTP protocols  Read this question and answer now.
The pros and cons of reformatting a hard drive  Read this question and answer now.
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