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Public key authentication with SSH is possible with WinSCP, but it requires some work to set up. Chad Perrin details the steps.

Backing up your files is a very important and very often neglected measure to save yourself the frustration of lost data. Overcome that neglectful tendency, and protect your data from accidental loss with a simple rsync script.

In the wake of WikiLeaks troubles and battles over net neutrality, one of the founders of The Pirate Bay proposes a parallel Internet. Do you think we need one?

Is there a browser for users who dislike the monolithic bloat of the most popular Web browsers, but want more than the console-based minimalism of Lynx and W3m?

There are distinct differences between Unix and MS Windows security philosophies. Two design policies serve as apt examples of those differences.

A recent eWeek article suggests the end of open source software is nigh. It probably isn’t, but that doesn’t mean open source software faces no dangers, either.

As the idea that TSA policies are a joke becomes ever more popular with the American people, one TSA screener decides to prove them right – literally.

Why do people write viruses and other mobile malicious code? The answer isn’t as simple as it used to be. Here are some possible motives suggested by security expert Chad Perrin and several TechRepublic members.

Employers aren’t the only ones who have to look after security when an employee leaves. If that departing employee is you, make sure you pay attention to threats to your personal privacy and security.

Employment transition is an often overlooked danger to company security. Make sure you have policies and procedures in place that will protect your business from security compromises when someone leaves your company.

What are “layered security” and “defense in depth” and how can they be employed to better protect your IT resources? Understanding these strategies and how they can be used to improve your own security is important for any system or network administrator.

MAC address filtering for wireless networking isn’t real “security”. Anyone who pays any attention to current trends in wireless security at all should know that MAC filtering is less effective than WEP — and that WEP can be cracked almost instantly these days with commonly available tools. This doesn’t mean MAC filtering is useless. Its …