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PayPal Security Key
22.Jul.07 | 14 Comments
Have you seen the PayPal Security Key yet? Steve Gibson mentioned it in a recent Security Now podcast — I don’t know how long this has been an option, but for $5 I’m definitely going to order one.
Why should I use the PayPal Security Key?
Because it gives you an extra layer of security when [...]
Hamachi in "Production"
16.Jun.07 | 5 Comments
Just how secure is Hamachi, really?
As you may recall, I’ve mentioned Hamachi quite a bit over the last year or two. It’s a slick little service that allows one to easily and quickly establish point to point VPN tunnels between machines. For example, I use it a lot to interconnect the various [...]
Windows XP WiFi: The Missing Patch
10.Apr.07 | 2 Comments
Here’s a little tip I picked up from the Security Now podcast.
Did you know that even if you diligently run Windows Update and get all the critical and optional patches, there’s one patch you still won’t have if you’re running XP SP2 and WiFi? This one, you have to know to go ask for by name. [...]
TrueCrypt & SyncToy & Mozy - Almost a Great Idea
04.Apr.07 | 6 Comments
Recently, the Security Now podcast took a question about security and online backups. Steve Gibson had some thoughts:
[...] TrueCrypt would be a perfect solution. You configure TrueCrypt in that mode where it uses a file as its container, and then you mount that as a drive. You see a drive from your perspective. On [...]
TrueCrypt - open-source disk encryption
19.Mar.06 | 1 Comment
Man, I hope these snow forecasts are even somewhat close to reality…
Been playing with TrueCrypt a bit this afternoon. Peter has mentioned it to me a few times via IM. It was mentioned on this week’s Security Now podcast. Seemed like I should have a look based on what I was hearing.
The [...]
On the other hand…OSX is a...