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Selena Frye

Selena Frye

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Selena Frye

Selena Frye
Selena has been at TechRepublic since 2002. She is currently a Senior Editor with a background in technical writing, editing, and research. She edits Data Center, Linux and Open Source, Apple in the Enterprise, The Enterprise Cloud, Web Designer, and IT Security blogs.
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    Security 101, Remedial Edition: Obscurity is not security

    Chad Perrin reinforces his argument that obscurity is not security by defending open source security solutions against claims that it is inherently more vulnerable.

    Posted by Chad Perrin | March 28, 2008, 2:40 PM PDT | Latest comment by Neon Samurai

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    The Firewire hole

    A while back, I wrote about how the humble USB port could be a possible vector for social engineering attacks. Today, I want to talk about the IEE-1394 Firewire which contains a vulnerability that...

    Posted by Paul Mah | March 27, 2008, 11:40 AM PDT | Latest comment by hsinsulation

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    The importance of being encrypted

    People often complain that using encryption in email is too much work. Sometimes, it can be fraught with difficulty for the encryption novice. Managing public and private keys can be confusing...

    Posted by Chad Perrin | March 26, 2008, 11:33 AM PDT | Latest comment by apotheon

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    Using GnuPG encryption tools with Gpg4win

    Last month, I wrote about using GnuPG on Unix and Linux systems. You can get OpenPGP functionality on your Microsoft Windows system with GnuPG as well, and I aim to explain how.

    Posted by Chad Perrin | March 24, 2008, 3:55 PM PDT | Latest comment by CEO@...

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    Security news roundup: Spybot Search & Destroy scans for rootkits, multiple patches from Apple

    Here’s a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers news that Spybot Search & Destroy now comes with the ability to detect rootkits, a re-release of a patch that...

    Posted by Paul Mah | March 23, 2008, 11:59 PM PDT | Latest comment by IC-IT

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    The Big Brother Awards

    In Montreal, Canada, at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference in May 2007, Privacy International presented the first International Big Brother Awards. The "winners" of the Big Brother...

    Posted by Chad Perrin | March 22, 2008, 2:04 PM PDT | Latest comment by $$$$$$$$$$

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    What is cross-site scripting?

    Cross-site scripting, also known as "XSS", is a class of security exploit that has gotten a fair bit of attention in the last few years. Many users, and even Web developers, aren't entirely clear...

    Posted by Chad Perrin | March 18, 2008, 12:47 PM PDT | Latest comment by stacey7165

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    Security news roundup: Backdoor found in Cisco's IPM, Mifare Classic RFID cracked

    Here’s a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers patches for multiple products from Adobe, a backdoor discovered in Cisco's IPM, an IFRAME exploit that showed up...

    Posted by Paul Mah | March 16, 2008, 12:39 AM PDT | Latest comment by Neon Samurai

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    Ensure basic Web site security with this checklist

    While I normally advocate a principles-based approach to maintaining system security, and deplore the typical "best practices" checklist approach, that does not mean that security checklists are...

    Posted by Chad Perrin | March 13, 2008, 3:03 PM PDT | Latest comment by Gena111

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    Disable NetBIOS and SMB to protect public Web servers

    As the connection between your internal network and the rest of the world, public Web servers always deserve an extra measure of protection. Find out one way to lock down these servers.

    Posted by Mike Mullins | March 13, 2008, 6:54 AM PDT | Latest comment by DNSB

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    Secure your data on the go

    To secure your data on the go, you might want to take a look at the IronKey USB flash drive.

    Posted by Paul Mah | March 12, 2008, 10:15 AM PDT | Latest comment by paulmah@...

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    Use PuTTY as a secure proxy on Windows

    Last month, I wrote about using OpenSSH as a secure Web proxy on UNIX and Linux systems. This time, I'll show you how to do the same thing on Microsoft Windows using PuTTY -- probably the single...

    Posted by Chad Perrin | March 10, 2008, 4:30 PM PDT | Latest comment by abaabaa

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    Security news roundup: Java update, Windows login bypass tool released

    Here’s a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers a new Java update, the release of a Windows login bypass tool, multiple vulnerabilities in CUPS that can lead to...

    Posted by Paul Mah | March 9, 2008, 11:59 PM PDT | Latest comment by paulmah@...

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    Use PuTTY as an SSH client on Windows

    The SSH protocol was developed as a secure, encrypted replacement for the RSH protocol. RSH is used for remote shell access to a UNIX (or UNIX-like) system and was once popular among sysadmins...

    Posted by Chad Perrin | March 7, 2008, 3:21 PM PST | Latest comment by Neon Samurai

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    Make your data self-destruct with BackStopp

    Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to prevent would-be thieves from accessing your critical data. Find out how BackStopp can help.

    Posted by Brian Smith | March 5, 2008, 7:53 AM PST | Latest comment by apotheon

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    Security news roundup: March 2

    Here’s a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers Symantec releasing security fixes for both its Backup Exec for Windows Server and the Symantec Scan Engine...

    Posted by Paul Mah | March 2, 2008, 11:59 PM PST

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    Use GnuPG with Mutt to sign or encrypt e-mail

    One of the most common uses of OpenPGP applications like PGP and GnuPG is digitally signing and encrypting email. While this can be accomplished "manually" with Mutt every time you want to send...

    Posted by Chad Perrin | February 29, 2008, 8:44 AM PST

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    10 tips for effective use of OpenPGP with GnuPG

    Using a private encryption system based on the OpenPGP standard can provide a great improvement to the security of your sensitive data. To maximize the value of that improvement, however, you...

    Posted by Chad Perrin | February 28, 2008, 10:07 AM PST | Latest comment by Michael Kassner

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    Basic e-mail security tips

    There's a lot of information out there about securing your e-mail. Much of it is advanced and doesn't apply to the typical end user. Configuring spam filters such as SpamAssassin, setting up...

    Posted by Chad Perrin | February 25, 2008, 1:33 PM PST | Latest comment by vinothjus4u

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    Security news roundup: February 24

    Here’s a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers Opera releasing an update that patches three security vulnerabilities, multiple flaws found and fixed in EMC...

    Posted by Paul Mah | February 24, 2008, 11:51 PM PST | Latest comment by PhilippeV

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