Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Getting Rid of an old Computer - Tips
So, you just got this spankin fast computer for Christmas, and you are wondering what to do with that old machine. There are tons of options from donation to recycling, but lets take a moment to go through some personal security issues that arise from discarding old machines.
Unless you never used your machine to check your bank account, do a family budget, or put any other kind of any personal information, you can just donate away. But most of us, actually used the machines to assist with the daily tasks of managing personal information, including accessing our banks websites, doing our taxes, etc. These tasks, even when we "delete" files, still leaves quite a bit of obtainable information behind.
For this reason, before you get rid of any computers I always suggest that you run a DBAN on it. DBAN is short for Darren's Boot and Nuke. It basically writes over the drive several times to prevent any data that was previously on the machine from being recoverable. The DBAN utility is available freely for download from the internet.
Unless you never used your machine to check your bank account, do a family budget, or put any other kind of any personal information, you can just donate away. But most of us, actually used the machines to assist with the daily tasks of managing personal information, including accessing our banks websites, doing our taxes, etc. These tasks, even when we "delete" files, still leaves quite a bit of obtainable information behind.
For this reason, before you get rid of any computers I always suggest that you run a DBAN on it. DBAN is short for Darren's Boot and Nuke. It basically writes over the drive several times to prevent any data that was previously on the machine from being recoverable. The DBAN utility is available freely for download from the internet.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
RIM issues security patch for BES 4.1
For all of you iPhone haters out there, RIM has security issues too.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10141507-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10141507-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
Monday, December 22, 2008
Checkpoint to buy Nokia Security Appliance Business
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10127973-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
For those of us that have been Checkpoint administrators, or worked with their products on the IPSO platform, this is huge news. It leads me to lots of questions..
1.) What happens to IPSO? Will they keep it around? I for one that that IPSO added quite a bit of value that SecurePlatform (SPLAT) by Checkpoint lacked in a Security Operating System (SoS).
2.) What happens to the Edge devices? I for one would be happy to see them go. They always seemed to be totally underpowered, and management upgrades of the devices was always a dicey proposition.
3.) If IPSO isn't part of the deal... As I believe Nokia uses it on a couple other devices to deliver products like their SSL VPN, Mobile Web Caches, etc, what happens to the folks that are running IPSO / FW-1 clusters today?
Lots of questions, few answers. But I do believe that this is definitely a good thing for Checkpoint. I don't know what Nokia is getting out of the deal other than some badly needed cash.
For those of us that have been Checkpoint administrators, or worked with their products on the IPSO platform, this is huge news. It leads me to lots of questions..
1.) What happens to IPSO? Will they keep it around? I for one that that IPSO added quite a bit of value that SecurePlatform (SPLAT) by Checkpoint lacked in a Security Operating System (SoS).
2.) What happens to the Edge devices? I for one would be happy to see them go. They always seemed to be totally underpowered, and management upgrades of the devices was always a dicey proposition.
3.) If IPSO isn't part of the deal... As I believe Nokia uses it on a couple other devices to deliver products like their SSL VPN, Mobile Web Caches, etc, what happens to the folks that are running IPSO / FW-1 clusters today?
Lots of questions, few answers. But I do believe that this is definitely a good thing for Checkpoint. I don't know what Nokia is getting out of the deal other than some badly needed cash.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
The Twitter Experiment
Ok,
So the Twitter experiment has blown into a full obsession. Yesterday I officially joined Facebook. I know, I had totally sworn off Social Networking as something that middle school students did. But as I started in the twitter experiment, I found myself wanting to post more pics, and finding other friends on twitter is almost impossible. Enter Facebook. Finding folks that I have known over the last 20 years has been a breeze. Its kind of exciting getting friend requests from folks I haven't seen or spoken to in almost 10 years. Very cool.
So the Twitter experiment has blown into a full obsession. Yesterday I officially joined Facebook. I know, I had totally sworn off Social Networking as something that middle school students did. But as I started in the twitter experiment, I found myself wanting to post more pics, and finding other friends on twitter is almost impossible. Enter Facebook. Finding folks that I have known over the last 20 years has been a breeze. Its kind of exciting getting friend requests from folks I haven't seen or spoken to in almost 10 years. Very cool.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
A horrible tragedy
I can't believe that the Planned Parenthood Organization in Indiana is selling gift certificates. What a giant crock. Lets give the gift of sin and death for Christmas. What a tragedy. What kind of society would allow this?
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14494
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14494
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