I was attending the NorthWest Oracle Users Group meeting on Monday. At the beginning of the conference, there was the usual conference business and announcements. The speaker announced that the 1:00 PM technical talk was cancelled due to illness. I looked at the schedule, and thought: Dang. There is nothing else that I want to […]
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Hacking attacks happen all the time and pose a real security threat. Here are ten things you can do to protect yourself: 1) Don’t use the same password for all of your user accounts. Choose a variety of passwords, and make each one strong (no full words, use both numbers and letters). Keep your list […] You probably need an Internet Security Suite. Both Windows and Mac users need it. I don’t know of a good Internet Security Suites for Linux. But, if you’re running Linux, you are probably already fairly computer savvy. An Internet Security Suite usually has a number of components to protect you against different dangers from hackers: […] Devices that provide hardware firewalls usually need to be configured. It may be that the default factory settings are OK, and you don’t need to do anything extra. But, it would be good to contact your ISP, and ask if they have instructions for configuring your firewall with high security. For example, I just installed […] Firewalls are filters that keep the most of the bad Internet traffic out. There are two types of firewalls: hardware firewalls (a separate box you plug in between your computer and the Internet) and software firewalls (software that you install on your computer). You should be using BOTH types, but this post focuses on hardware […] |
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