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it may also be stored simply as binary data in a buffer or even as large integer internally — When you process it. Outcome: always check the output and input for the libraries/code you use.

RELATES_TOProblem

md5 hashing algorithm generate string length of 128 bits( =16 bytes) — Is hashing output is by-default hex encoded. Tension: output string is double in payload size for given hashing algorithm and contains only hex encoded allowed characters. Outcome: it may also be stored simply as binary data in a buffer or even as large integer internally.

RELATES_TOSolution

always check the output and input for the libraries/code you use — When you process it. Tension: otherwise you'll need to take care of encoding or decoding yourself. Outcome: need to take care of encoding or decoding yourself.

PERTAIN_TOProblem

I am trying to attach a policy to an S3 bucket using the AWS CLI with a JSON file containing the policy as input. Tension: My JSON file seems correctly formatted. The first byte is definitely a '{'.

PERTAIN_TOSolution

Changing the statement that created the .json file to use the ANSII encoding fixed the issue — The file was generated by a Powershell script. Outcome: Out-File -FilePath "policy.json" -InputObject $policy -Encoding ansii.

PERTAIN_TOProblem

md5 hashing algorithm generate string length of 128 bits( =16 bytes) — Is hashing output is by-default hex encoded. Tension: output string is double in payload size for given hashing algorithm and contains only hex encoded allowed characters. Outcome: it may also be stored simply as binary data in a buffer or even as large integer internally.

PERTAIN_TOSolution

always check the output and input for the libraries/code you use — When you process it. Tension: otherwise you'll need to take care of encoding or decoding yourself. Outcome: need to take care of encoding or decoding yourself.

PERTAIN_TOProblem

On AMD systems, mitigation guidance for zenbleed suggests setting MSR DE_CFG[9] = 1, but the effects and consequences of doing so are unclear because documentation is sparse.

PERTAIN_TOSolution

Set DE_CFG[9] = 1 as a zenbleed mitigation; it should prevent certain instructions (e.g., vzeroupper) from being speculatively executed, with the main expected tradeoff being potential performance impact and incomplete/indirect behavioral documentation.

PERTAIN_TOProblem

In JWT signing, why does the issuer compute a hash (e.g., SHA-256) of the base64url-encoded header and payload before generating the signature, instead of signing the base64-encoded contents directly?

PERTAIN_TOSolution

JWT implementations hash the header.payload bytes with SHA-256 to produce a fixed-length digest, then sign that digest; this keeps signatures smaller and makes signing/verifying efficient while preserving integrity.

PERTAIN_TOProblem

If the encoded password does not start with any of these prefixes. Tension: it will throw exception complaining it cannot determine which password encoder to use. Outcome: the correspond encoders will be used.

PERTAIN_TOSolution

Tension: The encoder map that passed to the `DelegatingPasswordEncoder` is for checking if an encoded password is matched with a raw password. Outcome: for the prefix `{bcrypt}` , use `BCryptPasswordEncoder`.

PERTAIN_TOProblem

it is not finding tokens and passwords — when i tried to scan it is not finding tokens and passwords. Tension: Actually i have hard-coded tokens & passwords and committed them into my github repository. Outcome: try to omit `--only-verified` or even use `--no-verification` flag.

PERTAIN_TOSolution

try to omit `--only-verified` or even use `--no-verification` flag — If Trufflehog still does not detect something for you. Tension: Trufflehog tries to verify the results to limit false positives. Outcome: try to omit `--only-verified` or even use `--no-verification` flag.

PERTAIN_TOProblem

The API hashes passwords using SHA-256 with a fixed "salt", but it is unclear whether this approach is secure enough for user authentication. The current implementation uses the same value for every password, reducing the intended protection.

PERTAIN_TOSolution

Use a password-hashing algorithm designed for authentication (e.g., bcrypt, scrypt, or Argon2) and generate a unique random salt per password, storing the salt (or the full hash parameters) with the user record. Optionally add a secret pepper stored outside the codebase/DB, and verify passwords using the library’s verification function.

PERTAIN_TOProblem

The result is still too long — for example, around 13,000+ characters. Outcome: compressing the string using Deflater, GZIP, and encoding the result using Base64 (URL-safe).

PERTAIN_TOSolution

Compressing the string using Deflater, GZIP, and encoding the result using Base64 — plain Java. Tension: Any more efficient way — algorithmic, custom encoding, or otherwise — to reduce the size of a large string, while keeping it reversible. Outcome: So using compression is the best idea. If it does not work, you have to accept that sometimes it's not possible.

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so-79660132

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I doubt it. — the Java standard library. Tension: you may have luck finding support for URN syntax in old Java XML parsers. Outcome: implement it on top of regular public identifier and generic URL parsers/encoders.

PERTAIN_TOProblem

Is there a facility in the Java standard library that allows to translate such strings? — translate such strings. Tension: Something like `Translator.toUrn("-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"))` that would yield the URI `urn:publicid:-:OASIS:DTD+DocBook+XML+V4.1.2:EN`? Outcome: Otherwise, can I reduce implementation complexity of the RFC algorithm by reusing some already existing logic?

PERTAIN_TOSolution

it's not a very complex task to implement it on top of regular public identifier and generic URL parsers/encoders. Tension: I doubt it. Outcome: implement it on top of regular public identifier and generic URL parsers/encoders.

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so-79589343

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