CSO Online has a great little article about why you shouldn't trust web mail. Check it out and have a good long think about what they say!
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Setting up a Linux system for your grannie!
Linux Journal has an interesting article about how to set up Linux for your grannie. There are some great ideas to consider there.
The 25 most common mistakes in email security
I recently found IT Security's list of the 25 most common mistakes in email security.
It an interesting read, although not necessarily all of the advice is up-to-date. For example, blacklisting spam sender addresses is useless these days - every spam i've ever seen uses a fake sender address. But the principle still holds: you should mark a spam message as junk rather than deleting it.
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Wanted: Network tracing "Swiss army knife"
A lot of my work involves network tracing (hence my recent wiki page), and it would be great if i could do this with a really simple, transportable device. Ideally it would have these characteristics:
- Pocket-sized, lightweight
- Two Gigabit Ethernet ports configured as a bridge, so that it can be placed inline on any network connection without affecting traffic flow.
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Moving your mother to Linux?
Michael Reed has a good piece on his experiences in moving his mother from a Windows-based PC to Ubuntu Linux. The result? Amazingly successful, although it did take some tweaking on his part.
spambot attacks
It appears a spambot has found one of my personal domains attractive.
Despite this, i've received no spam that has actually made it through my SpamAssassin/Thunderbird setup. The lessons i've been learning about this recently have led me to create a wiki page about it.
Ohio Secretary of State on electronic voting machines
From http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/info/everest.aspx:
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s electronic voting systems have “critical security failures” which could impact the integrity of elections in the Buckeye State, according to a review of the systems commissioned by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.
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Proprietary software alternatives
CNet has a great article highlighting Free Software alternatives to various popular proprietary products. Good reading, balanced coverage of strengths and weaknesses.
Is your computer of interest to criminals?
ISC has an interesting diary entry about how to respond when people suggest that their computer is not of interest to crackers (often misnamed "hackers").
