Cable Modem and Macs Security Information Security Aspect: Macs and Cable Modems An issue has surfaced which has been ignored and avoided for a long time. In the past, people thought of Macintosh computers as being so secure that you didn’t even need to talk…
June 2, 2001 • 6 min readNorton Personal Firewall is a excellent solution for stopping hackers from gaining unauthorized access to your computer. Setting up and configuring your firewall in the past has been a ugly time consuming task. Personal Firewall offers a simple out of the box installation protecting your…
June 2, 2001 • 5 min readWhat is NetBarrier? NetBarrier is a personal firewall to protect you against hackers, vandals and other security risks for macintosh users that are connected to the internet. Experts estimate that 85%-97% undetected. NetBarrier provides its “four-level line of defense” as a optimal security so that…
June 2, 2001 • 5 min readInformation You can use ShredIt to shred files, folders, the free space on a disk, or the entire contents of a drive. It will shred data on the hard drive, an external hard drive, a floppy disk, a zip disk, windows formatted media, a RAM…
June 2, 2001 • 2 min readInformation Security method. The Eraser Pro deletes your files by using a sophisticated procedure. It lets you customize many details of this job. The recovery of deleted files becomes impracticable: there’s no utility able to do it! Simple method. You may also choose some details…
June 2, 2001 • 3 min readInformation Files deleted by the Macintosh through the trash can are easily recovered using most disk utilities, including Norton and MacTools. Burn securely erases data in sensitive files by overwriting the data one or more times before the file is deleted. When combined with encryption…
June 2, 2001 • 2 min readInformation Drop a file on this application to quickly and securely encrypt it, or decrypt previously encrypted files. Supports both QE’s original encryption format, and a text-based one, suitable for sending in the body of e-mail messages. Supports self-decrypting archives, so you can send encrypted…
June 2, 2001 • 1 min readInformation No Longer for the Macintosh, No download, No Purchase. Aladdin is the creator of the compression program ‘Stuffit Expander’. They have worked hard on all of their projects to ensure quality. Their programs are used by most of the macintosh community, and have been…
June 2, 2001 • 5 min readInformation PowerCrypt implements the major cryptographic methods, standards and hash algorithms: DES, IDEA, RSA, DSA, PKCS, MD2, MD5. As well, PowerCrypt implements the major secure e-mail protocols: PEM, S/MIME. PowerCrypt handles standard X 400 certificates: It stores received new certificates both as a local password…
June 2, 2001 • 1 min readInformation Privacy means that only the intended recipient of a message can read it. By providing the ability to encrypt messages, PGP provides protection against anyone eavesdropping on the network. Even if the information is intercepted, it is completely unreadable to the snooper. Authentication identifies…
June 2, 2001 • 4 min readInformation PGP Personal Security – 7.0.3 for Macintosh w/RSA – $19.95 USD – Strong, secure, protection for your hard disk, data, and email.. Available in: US or Canada only Views Excellent program, for those who remember 6.0.2 was free for a limited time. The current…
June 2, 2001 • 1 min readWhat is SSH Admin? Secure Shell Admin allows you to easily configure and use the Secure Shell Daemon. With Secure Shell Admin you have are setup easily with the 3 Step setup wizard. From there you may configure the server options and access lists. You…
June 2, 2001 • 1 min readInformation Snort is a lightweight network intrusion detection system, capable of performing real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks. It can perform protocol analysis, content searching/matching and can be used to detect a variety of attacks and probes, such as buffer overflows, stealth…
June 2, 2001 • 3 min readInformation ContentBarrier offers content control, web filters, parental control and much more. ContentBarrier is made by Intego, the creators of the MacOS firewall NetBarrier. This software is primarily used for two targeted audiences, the parent who want to restrict young children from accessing the uncensored…
June 2, 2001 • 4 min readInformation IPNetSentry is a simple and intelligent security application which protects your Macintosh from outside Internet intruders. This is particularly important for Macintosh users who have cable modem, DSL, or another high-speed Internet service where connections can be maintained and left unattended for hours (or…
June 2, 2001 • 3 min readWhat is OpenSSH OpenSSH is a cost free version of the SSH protocol suite. Many of the users who utilize telnet, ftp, rlogin and other programs may not realize that their passwords are transmitted in plain text (unencrypted) across the Internet. The OpenSSH suite encrypts…
June 2, 2001 • 2 min readInformation DoorStop, from Open Door Networks, Inc., is a software-based “firewall” product for Macintosh servers. DoorStop is software that you install directly on the servers which you wish to protect. DoorStop is significantly easier to set up and use than a hardware firewall and provides…
June 2, 2001 • 2 min readSecurity Bulletin Issued by Microsoft May 21, 2001 The following is the list of vulnerable products: Microsoft Word 98 for the Mac Microsoft Word 2001 for the Mac Summary When Microsoft Word opens a RTF (Rich Text Format) file that contains a…
May 21, 2001 • 2 min readInformation SuperLock is the premier shareware Macintosh security utility. It has been protecting Macs from casual snoopers since 1993, and it protected Macs for two years before that as a program called MacLauncher (which still works properly on the latest Macs!). It can be found…
May 2, 2001 • 2 min readpublished: September 09, 2000 vulnerable: Intego’s NetBarrier (all versions) running on MaCOS Discussion Intego software (www.intego.com) offers a security software package for the Macintosh platform. The software is a firewall utility that allows the user to chose between different security schemes (server only, client only,…
September 9, 2000 • 4 min read