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To: PJ Strifas who wrote (28051)9/9/1999 10:21:00 PM
From: Frederick Smart  Read Replies (2) of 42771
 
Protect Your Privacy - tips

From a member of our "tribe".....

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If you want to have a truly secure computing environment you'll need to run a UNIX based O.S. Even with a more secure environment on your computer, being connected to the net still allows a window to the world so to speak.

I've spent a good portion of my professional career in the systems architecture realm. Security is something that needs to be thought about consistantly.

If you want to be on the 'net and you want to be more secure look at doing the following -

1) Load Linux on your machine. All the kernel level code that you can't get to in MS and Mac is readily accessable in UNIX. You have control over how you communicate with other computers.

2) Encrypt your communications as needed. Although no ecryption program is failure proof, having one (like PGP-good, IM55-better) is an excellent idea. IM55 encrypts on your local machine - even if someone accesses your machine they only see encrypted garbage. Remember this though - encryption increases interest in your mail for some.

3) Change your passwords. Change them often.

4) How secure is your ISP or hosting site? Most firewalls are a complete joke. If you want details of the best and worst ISP/hosting sites contact me directly.

5) Remember nothing is 100% secure. If you have sensitive files, consider securing them on Zip type drives separate from your machine.

Nothing is 100% secure when connected. Protect yourself accordingly.
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