By Leo Notenboom
Recent news reports about the transition to IPv6 have many people concerned. For the average consumer, I believe there’s little if any immediate impact.
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By Leo Notenboom
In general if you don’t have or use a particular piece of software then you
can safely ignore the updates and or vulnerability notifications that you might
run across.
In general.
Internet Explorer, on the other hand, is a special case. Use it or not, you
must keep it up to date.
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By Leo Notenboom
Making money online sounds like a wonderful opportunity. It is. It’s also a lot of work, if you have the personality for it.
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By Leo Notenboom
Backing up data using an online backup service is lucrative, and can be an important part of an overall strategy – within limits.
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By Leo Notenboom
Once you’ve logged into a site cookies are often used to keep you logged in for some period of time. There are risks associated with that, and more.
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By Leo Notenboom
Email is easy, ubiquitous, and almost trivial to forge or alter. We’ll look at why that is, what it means, and one approach to avoiding it.
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By Leo Notenboom
Email can bounce for many reasons. I’ll look at several of the most common mail bounce messages, and try to interpret what they really mean.
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By Leo Notenboom
For some reason many people’s gut reaction to a malware infestation is to consider a new machine. That’s just … wrong.
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By Leo Notenboom
Virii & Spyware & Worms … oh my!
“Internet Safety” seems like an oxymoron.
It seems like not a day goes by where we don’t hear about some new kind of
threat aimed at wreaking havoc across machines connected to the internet. While
products other than Microsoft’s are certainly vulnerable, anti-Microsoft
sentiment coupled with the massive installed base make Microsoft products an irresistible target for hackers and “script kiddies”.
Here are some things you can, and should, do to stay safe.
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By Leo Notenboom
In a recent podcast about mobile
connectivity, I briefly reflected on some of the options available to the
wired traveler. That podcast was, itself, an example of how I stay connected
while traveling since it was recorded, written, and posted from my RV in a
state park many miles from my home.
Let’s look at it in a little more detail.
Mobile connectivity has improved dramatically in recent years. I’ll cover the big options for the traveling internet user.
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