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Re: My bank uses Windows? Is "Check 21" safe?
Posted on October 24th, 2004 | 8 Comments

On 9 Oct 2004 14:35:26 GMT, Juergen Nieveler wrote: What I thought was poor security, is the screen facing the window out which you see appartments and other buildings. With all the outsourcing,...

REVIEW: "A Practical Guide to Managing Information Security", Steve Purser
Posted on October 23rd, 2004 | 2 Comments

BKPGTMIS.RVW 20040514 "A Practical Guide to Managing Information Security", Steve Purser, 2004, 1-58053-702-2, C$120.50 %A Steve Purser %C 685 Canton St., Norwood, MA 02062 %D 2004 %G ...

Re: FTP sessions with spoofed IP-address
Posted on October 22nd, 2004 | 3 Comments

More than likely, it was someone trying to get into a user account by merely guessing passwords. A person could use a spoofed IP address in case they were in a position where they could be in...

Reverse Proxy
Posted on October 22nd, 2004 | 1 Comments

Hi, We use a Cisco Pix 515 with a DMZ to secure our network. We configured Exchange Outlook Webaccess on a front-end server and would like provide access to it through a reverse-proxy hosted in the...

Re: How secure are passwords in TweakUI autologon?
Posted on October 22nd, 2004 | 0 Comments

Franklin wrote: Not secure at all. They are stored unencrypted in the registry. TweakUI does not have a password store. It simply provides a nice gui for twaeking the autologon registry settings,...

Re: How secure are passwords in TweakUI autologon?
Posted on October 22nd, 2004 | 2 Comments

"Franklin" <no_thanks@mail.com> wrote in news:1098397381.0KVgoBbDTAug35loyXbVsw@teranews: Why are you concerned about security? Obviously you want to bypass as much security as possible by letting...

desktop access
Posted on October 22nd, 2004 | 2 Comments

Is there a way to limit access to people on a ordinary Windows XP PC? I have seen for example public libraries with Internet access on their pc's that have about 3 icons displayed (Internet Explorer,...

Re: FTP sessions with spoofed IP-address
Posted on October 22nd, 2004 | 0 Comments

In article <heien0pcqm81fft3u68cluq9qoogsfvu9t@4ax.com>, Cater_Soke wrote: Your security guy is either incompetent, or isn't telling you the whole story. A FTP connection runs under TCP/IP, which...

Re: How secure are passwords in TweakUI autologon?
Posted on October 21st, 2004 | 0 Comments

"Franklin" <no_thanks@mail.com> wrote in message news:1098397381.0KVgoBbDTAug35loyXbVsw@teranews... Who cares if they get the password? You might as well leave your password blank if you aren't...

Re: How secure are passwords in TweakUI autologon?
Posted on October 21st, 2004 | 0 Comments

They are not ! They are Clear Text. Dave "Franklin" <no_thanks@mail.com> wrote in message

is-6B9S7.exe?
Posted on October 21st, 2004 | 2 Comments

Hi, could somebody tell me what is-6B9S7.exe is for, what it does, where it comes from or what it does in my winnt (w2k) folder? Any thoughts and ideas appreciated, first time I didnīt find anything...

X-Windows installed on hardenend DMZ host
Posted on October 21st, 2004 | 2 Comments

Hi all, (I trust this is ok in this group - If not pls could anyone point to a more appropriate one, pls). Does anyone know where to find more information about security risks / issues having...

Gnatbox Light single floppy firewall replacement?
Posted on October 20th, 2004 | 2 Comments

My home firewall is an old 486 with 20M RAM and two ISA ethernet cards, using an old version of single-floppy Gnat Box Light V3.0.3 (from http://www.gnatbox.com). It's a nice BSD-based firewall with...

Megaproxy.com
Posted on October 20th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hello, I have subscribed to megaproxy.com via worldpay and got my confirmation email from worldpay on Friday, but nothing from megaproxy.com. I went to their website but there is no link to logon or...

Firewall ???
Posted on October 20th, 2004 | 37 Comments

Windows98 Roadrunner cable subscriber All MS Windows patches installed AV program up to date TCP/IP bindings secure Netbios over TCP/IP disabled So why do I need to run a firewall?

spam me
Posted on October 19th, 2004 | 0 Comments

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Surfing at Work
Posted on October 19th, 2004 | 29 Comments

Sometimes I write e-mails using a web based format (yahoo). When the e-mail is of a personal issue I use megaproxy because it is SSL. Our PCs at work have Windows 2000. Is it safe to assume that my...

Websense: Site blocking at Colleges?
Posted on October 18th, 2004 | 4 Comments

I work at a college that uses Websense to block and filter websites for reasons of security and bandwidth. Basically, this includes any multi-media sites or files (e.g. RealPlayer streams), any...

How does the new anti spam SPF work regarding the senders email address ?
Posted on October 18th, 2004 | 2 Comments

SPF (Sender permitted from) seems to be the neew next anti spam technology. But how does it treat the senders email address in the "from" header field of a mail? Is it allowed to change the from...

Security Hole: Windows Internet Connection Firewall
Posted on October 17th, 2004 | 9 Comments

If you are using Microsoft's Built-in Internet Connection Firewall, you might want to read this... http://www.habaneronetworks.com/viewArticle.php3?ID=51 -- Jay Calvert http://habaneronetworks.com