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Archive for the 'Top Tips' Category

Friday, August 4th, 2006

The ISC’s Tip of the Day advises you to Turn off your computer.
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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

The second in ISC’s ‘Tip for the Day’ is a proposal to remove your default gateway.

Removing the default gateway is an original idea, but it is a move has it’s pro’s and con’s and we think it’s more of a ‘hack’ (in the technical sense) than a real solution.
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Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

The Internet Storm Center has begun the month with a series of security tips, in what may inevitably be called August - Security Tip Month - an article regarding the use of strong passwords.
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

From the mostly unmentioned, but kinda always knew dept:

Many things in the real world are not binary, but in the security world you can be reasonably happy with sharp distinctions between the good and the bad.
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