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Wireless security guide
Insight With wireless security standards yet to settle, it is no surprise IT pros are still baffled by it. Here's our quick and dirty guide on the topic, comprised of the most frequently asked questions from readers.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, Security implementation/standards
Antispam spec sets off on path to standard
News Yahoo, Cisco and partners have submitted DomainKeys Identified Mail, which helps verify the sender of a message, to a standards body.
Tags: Standards, Data security
Banking on the authentication wave
Insight Move by Asian banks to improve authentication systems will aid adoption of PKI technologies, says CEO of Data Security Systems Solutions.
Tags: Business plans, Authentication and encryption, Business applications
Use Dovecot for POP3/IMAP services
Techguide Traditionally, if you wanted to set up POP3 or IMAP services on your Linux system, you would use Courier-IMAP, uw-imap, or cyrus-imapd. Another lesser-known but increasingly popular IMAP/POP3 server is Dovecot.
Tags: Open source, Networking, Authentication, POP3, SSL, private key, Mandriva, Mandriva Linux, SSL certificate, Dovecot
Six principles of practical ciphers
Techguide Core ideas of a set of principles familiar to cryptographers and other security experts as Kerckhoffs' Principle, are still relevant today--more than 125 years after they were articulated.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, private key, CompTIA, Cryptography, Chad Perrin, knowledge, consultant, Security Management
Five easy ways to compromise your own security
Techguide Even if you've effectively secured your IT resources against malicious security crackers, there could be the danger that someone could accidentally compromise security.
Tags: Security, Business Model, Yahoo! Inc., private key, Obscurity, online banking, Password, Computer, online banking password, e-mail
SMTP authentication with Exim
Techguide Learn to configure the Exim MTA with SMTP authentication.
Steps to protect data using Windows Encrypting File System
Techguide Depending on the community that your network serves and the information contained on that network, the government may require you to encrypt that data.
Tags: Security, Authentication and encryption, Data security, Microsoft Windows
Set up user accounts quickly and securely
Techguide When you need to set up a user account to give a user shell access to the system, the only logical choice of login tool is OpenSSH.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Linux desktop OS, Linux server OS
Sun creates new security posts
News In an indication that Sun--like Microsoft--wants to elevate the importance of security, the company has created two high-ranking computer security positions.
How to enhance security using PDF documents
Techguide A look at how you can better secure your electronic documents and prevent fraud.
Tags: Security
Encrypting and decrypting files with GnuPG
Techguide You can use GnuPG, the open replacement for PGP, to manage cryptographic signatures to files or e-mail, as well as a tool to encrypt and decrypt sensitive files.
Tags: Digital signatures, Open source
DRM moves to the beat
Insight CEO Michael Bornhäusser contends that mobile music downloads is where European digital rights management players like Secure Digital Container can take on big boys Microsoft and Apple.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Digital rights management (DRM), Business development/management
New product guarantees online anonymity
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New product guarantees online anonymity
News Zero-Knowledge Systems will unveil an online privacy tool Monday to let Net users conceal their true identities. And just like the company's name implies, it won't know who they are, either.
