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Factor Authentication in Online Banking

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When you set out to choose a bank, you might want to start paying as much attention to their online security systems as you do to their interest rates. Pat McKenna explores the current holes in online banking - and the future solutions.

How To: Sniffing the Air

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The nice thing about wireless LANs is that you don't have to be physically connected to use them. But that strength also opens the door to security problems. Derek Boiko-Weyrauch shows you how a popular open source tool can be used to keep tabs on WLAN activity.

PGP Universal - Part 2

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Part 2 of Derek Boiko-Weyrauch's review finishes his look at PGP Universal with test results and conclusions.

PGP Universal - Part 1

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Email encryption has been possible for almost 15 years, but the technology is still not commonly used. Pretty Good Privacy's PGP Universal pretty much eliminates the complexity of email encryption / decryption by making it transparent to the end user. Learn more about it in Part 1 of Derek Boiko-Weyrauch's review.

Auditor Security Collection CD reviewed

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Do you want to try out all the lastest network security tools without blowing up your computer? Do you want automatic detection and configuration of all of your network and wireless cards? Then the Auditor Security Collection CD is for you! The price is right too, because it's free!

How To: One Internet connection - Two Private LANs

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There are times when having two separate networks - both sharing the same Internet connection - can come in handy. For example, I recently helped a community center with its network setup. They needed to provide Internet connection to tenants who were renting space, in addition to their own shared Internet. They also shared a number of folders on the network, but weren't too careful about password protecting the shares.

WPA - Wireless Security for the rest of us

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The Wi-Fi Alliance and IEEE 802.11 Task Group i have finally heard the voice of the marketplace.

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