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Secure Configuration of a Cisco 837 ADSL firewall router This paper describes, hopefully, a fairly typical small office/business scenario and one method to connect it securely to the Internet using a commercially available firewall/router, the Cisco 837 ADSL router. A summary of the relevant security features of the router is provided and a step-by-step explanation of the required configuration to use these features to their maximum-security effect. Finally some results are provided of a before and after scan performed on the network using the security scanning tool nmap. The paper is intended to provide a template and example for current recommended practices.
By Brett McIntosh, 04/05/2004
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Are You Being Watched? Society today has become more sensitive to the dangers of their physical surroundings. Everyone knows not to go out alone, not to talk to strangers, not to pickup hitchhikers. The list could go on and on. However, not everyone is aware of just how dangerous a place the Internet can be. We happily open up our web browser and surf away, not even thinking for a moment that we might not be alone. However, in reality, it is not just you and the Internet out there. We would be very alarmed, if someone were following us around town and recording all of our activities. But, most users are unaware that the same ability exists and is currently being used on the unsuspecting Internet traveler. With every trip out on the Internet, users are being watched and profiled.
By Lorna J. Hutcheson, 04/03/2004
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Identity Theft Made Easy What's the one thing that we as individuals can claim to be our own from the moment we are born to even after our death? Our identity. ...Or so we would think or at least hope. Identity theft is steadily on the rise1 unknowingly to most of us; and, that is how the thieves would like to keep it. What was once done through what I would call "physical stealing" - starting off with stealing driver's license or some form of identification, then collecting more useful personal information and even doing some social engineering, identity theft is today made easy and "impersonal" with the use of the Internet and the development of shareware tools.
By Roy Reyes, 04/03/2004
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Losing Yourself: Identity Theft in the Digital Age For most of us, giving out personal information like our home telephone number or driver's license number is an everyday occurrence. Something we do with every check we write or online order we place. But do we really know what happens to that information once it leaves our hands? More than ever, the information explosion, aided by an era of easy credit, has led to the expansion of a crime that feeds on the inability of consumers to control who has access to sensitive information and how it is safeguarded. That crime is identity theft.
By Greg Surber, 04/03/2004
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Spyware - Identification and Defense You are being watched while surfing around the Internet. You may not realize it at the time but information about the websites you visit, products you purchase and even the advertising hyperlinks you follow are being collected and transmitted back to a server. This information is sold to whomever wants it. This is a general type of information that is not linked directly to you. Now, suppose you found a program you want to download, which you do. The installation completes and you reboot the system. You use the program until you find a software package that is more functional or you become bored with it. In any case you uninstall the program, or so you think. Without your knowledge or consent, this program has been transmitting personal data, i.e. bank account or credit card information, even personal medical history back to the developer.
By Lewis Edge, 04/03/2004
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Personal Proxy - Online Privacy Protection for Home Users Although online security has drawn increasing attention, online privacy issues have not been well addressed and communicated, especially for home users. Personal information collection is a common business practice for most web sites and this information can be collected without users' knowledge. There are few resources to educate home users effectively on how online privacy can be invaded and what they can do to protect against it. This paper describes certain online information collection methods and related privacy issues and introduces several personal proxy tools, particularly WebWasher in detail, to secure home users' online privacy. It concludes that better and comprehensive home computer security can be achieved when three types of critical security products: personal proxy, personal firewall and anti-virus, all work together.
By Tony Yao, 04/03/2004
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Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Security Implementation This document is designed to guide home users on how to implement sufficient security measures on a home computer running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition. It will provide you with loads of information to guide you to a more secure computing experience. This document contains no graphics in order to reduce the size of the document. There are plenty of tips and recommendations within this document to secure your environment sufficiently as well as possible spark your curiosity. The tools mentioned within this document are to be used at your own risk and should be reviewed before installing them. You may get warnings from your AntiVirus software downloading some of the tools. I have found nothing wrong with the tools downloaded and installed on my system. Please enjoy this document and Welcome to Windows XP Security.
03/28/2004
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Evaluating Anti-Virus Software for Small Businesses By now you should already be using anti-virus software, but how do you know if what you've bought is optimal for your needs? If you need to renew your license, should you try a new vendor? If you've never purchased anti-virus software before, how do you know what to buy? This article will attempt to offer readers some guidelines to help them buy the virus protection that is most appropriate for their small business. In addition to advising readers on what to look for in anti-virus software, this discussion will also provide some resources that readers can use to evaluate the various products that are available.
By Paul Schmehl , 03/23/2004
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Cookies Revealed As with everything else about the Internet, you are only as anonymous as you wish to be. No website knows who you are until you reveal to it who you are. In the meantime, a cookie is simply a means of tracking site statistics in order to better understand usage patterns and to improve visitor productivity. A cookie is the way of remembering that information. If a website designer desires to make web pages become more interactive with visitors, or if the designer plans on letting visitors customize the appearance of the site, then they will need cookies. Also, if you want your site visits to change appearances under certain circumstances,cookies provide a quick and easy way to let your HTML pages change as required. The newest servers use cookies to help with database interactivity, which can improve the overall interactivity of the website.
By Abhishek Bhuyan, 03/23/2004
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Securing Outlook, Part Two: Many Choices to Make This is the second of two articles focusing on ways to secure one of the world's most popular e-mail clients, Microsoft's Outlook. The first article offered a brief overview of Outlook, as well as some of the threats that undermine its security. It also discussed configuring Outlook for optimal security. This article will look at some more things that Outlook users can do to improve their e-mail security.
By Scott Granneman , 03/22/2004
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