Best Security Practices for Internet Safety

re: Best Security Practices for Internet Safety

HP — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:06:58 GMT

The very fist stage that hackers have to pass is the firewall... So I'm not so sure if the firewall can really block them out.

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CRN review: Vista is no more secure than XP?

Harry Waldron - Microsoft MVP Blog — Thu, 31 May 2007 13:53:15 GMT

First of all, good security ain't solely about operating systems themselves It's more about the

CRN review: Vista is no more secure than XP?

Harry Waldron - My IT Forums Blog — Thu, 31 May 2007 13:50:38 GMT

Thanking Rod for sharing this link, as the MyIT Forums newsletter is one of my "must reads"

re: Best Security Practices for Internet Safety

Peter Nader — Sat, 26 May 2007 00:24:45 GMT

Shame you didn't mention the forum, but I guess if "a member asked how they might protect themselves better", it has a high percentage of "LCD" users. And, what is a LCD user you may ask. LCD stands for Lowest Common Denominator. While I agree totally with everything listed above, I think the poster was being a little ambitious with Items 5, 6, 7 and 8. 8. Ramp up your security services and lock down unneeded services - now how would a newbie user interpret that? This type of user can be likened to a female car driver [please - no hysterical responses - I have 2 daughters and 1 wife - they will do it for you]. This car driver expects the car to run all the time. They will fill the fuel tank, but everything else is to be done for them. And so it is with their computer. Unless the OS is set up with Automatic Updates then forget it. If a firewall and anti-virus software is installed, it should be of the free variety [there are a few excellent choices out there], and must also auto update. The nag screens. The nagging is simply incomprehensible to most users. The nagging is also incomprehensible to me. I just clicked them all away. The first was expected, the second humorous, and the third didn't even register before I clicked "Allow". And I [think I] know what I'm doing. Let's just hope these LCD's don't participate in any online financial transactions.