Tag Archives: security

The First Thing To Do After Creating Keys

Posted on November 15, 2011 by way0utwest

I’ve been looking at some security code in preparation for a few talks I plan on doing next year and there’s one thing I don’t see in many of the samples: backups. When you get ready to encrypt data in … Continue reading →

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Laptop Boy Scouts

Posted on November 3, 2011 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on Jan 10, 2007. Steve is at DevConnections, so it is being republished.  So class, for today’s protection mechanism you’ll need: a mouse, a loop of wire, a lock, a key, and a link. Sounds … Continue reading →

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Password Help

Posted on November 2, 2011 by way0utwest

Today we have an editorial that was originally published on Oct 9, 2006.  Yesterday I wrote about compliance tips and one of the things I mentioned was using encryption and passwords for your backups. It’s a good idea that you … Continue reading →

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Doubly Wrong

Posted on November 1, 2011 by way0utwest

Today we have an editorial that was originally published on Nov 7, 2006 as Steve is at DevConnections.  It’s not bad enough that people get tons of spam, some of it cleverly disguised and hidden in messages we might be … Continue reading →

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