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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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    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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    Security news roundup: February 17

    Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers a serious vulnerability fixed in ClamAV, FreeBSD closing a couple of vulnerabilities, additional flaws discovered in...

    Posted by Paul Mah | February 17, 2008, 11:59 PM PST

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    Use OpenSSH as a secure Web proxy

    Making sure your computers are secure is, in some respects, a full-time job. It gets even more complicated when you have to worry about wireless security too. An important concern for travelers...

    Posted by Chad Perrin | February 17, 2008, 10:52 PM PST | Latest comment by stux@...

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    How private is your Web-based service?

    As I have said many times before, the two major components of security are privacy and control over your resources. Each of these plays a part in the other. Remote Web-based service providers are...

    Posted by Chad Perrin | February 15, 2008, 12:40 PM PST | Latest comment by apotheon

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    Security threats in a unified world

    Amid all the excitement surrounding the unification of our communications technologies, the issue of security sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. Maybe some are assuming that the threats are the...

    Posted by Deb Shinder | February 15, 2008, 10:28 AM PST | Latest comment by Michael Kassner

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    Using OpenPGP on UNIX/Linux systems with GnuPG

    PGP is the name of an encryption program created in 1991 by Philip Zimmerman. Since then, PGP has become the dominant model for personal privacy encryption software. In July 1998, PGP Inc....

    Posted by Chad Perrin | February 14, 2008, 4:18 PM PST | Latest comment by doug@...

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    Security news roundup: February 10

    Here’s a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers a vulnerability in the multiuser version of the popular WordPress, a new release of the Windows client for Skype...

    Posted by Paul Mah | February 10, 2008, 11:59 PM PST

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    Five must-have security resources

    It's important for a security professional to have good security resources in his or her virtual toolbox. Here's a simple list of some of the resources I keep handy these days. This list covers a...

    Posted by Chad Perrin | February 8, 2008, 12:28 PM PST | Latest comment by ejhonda

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    Protect your network with the Cisco IOS Firewall

    Why buy another expensive device if your router can also provide firewall functionality? Any "Firewall Feature Set" version of the Cisco IOS contains the IOS Firewall, a built-in firewall inside...

    Posted by David Davis | February 7, 2008, 12:42 PM PST | Latest comment by darks0ul

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    Pop-up windows: Know the difference between the good, the bad, and the annoying

    Pop-up windows can often be a pain, but they sometimes indicate a more serious problem. Find out how to differentiate between a pop-up that's just wasting your time and one that might be trying to...

    Posted by Mike Mullins | February 7, 2008, 8:50 AM PST | Latest comment by seanferd

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    Security is an ecosystem, not a product

    People talk about security as though it's something you can buy and sell. They don't always think of it as something you can buy with money; sometimes they think of it as something they can buy...

    Posted by Chad Perrin | February 4, 2008, 3:05 AM PST | Latest comment by Absolutely

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    Security news roundup: February 3

    Here’s a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers multiple unpatched vulnerabilities in the open sourced Mambo CMS, Gento's vulnerability to DOS and remote...

    Posted by Paul Mah | February 3, 2008, 8:24 PM PST

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    Establish a strategy for security breach notification

    Even if your organization takes every possible precaution to protect its data, a security breach is often inevitable. What do you do if it happens? Here are some pointers for notifying those affected.

    Posted by Mike Mullins | January 31, 2008, 11:42 AM PST | Latest comment by sarah.kahler@...

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    Security news roundup: January 27

    Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers an SQL injection hole found in PHP Nuke, a reboot vulnerability found in Cisco's PIX and ASA, a new version of...

    Posted by Paul Mah | January 27, 2008, 11:50 PM PST

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