RE: strong encryption - governments denying individuals the right to use

2002-05-01 Thread backoffmymachine
Jay, Only addressing one of your points: > Seems a bit silly to take away >crypto use for the average citizen when it hasn't even been demonstrated >that crypto is being put to ill use. See United States v. Scarfo, Criminal No. 00-404 (D.N.J.) at: http://www.epic.org/crypto/scarfo.html Grante

Re: Secure mobile unit?

2002-03-27 Thread backoffmymachine
James, I haven't seen anything that has been advertised as "secure" out of the box. However, depending on the exact application, you may want to look at a generic PDA (pick your favorite brand) and an application like CheckPoint's Universal VPN. Add some file encryption and I&A, etc.. I

re: Yet Another Link

2002-03-22 Thread backoffmymachine
That web page has been plagerized from TechWebold story though. http://content.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990903S0014 Regards, Bomm Hush provide the worlds most secure, easy to use online applications - which solution is right for you? HushMail Secure Email http://www.hushmail.com/ Hus

more PGP with XP

2002-03-22 Thread backoffmymachine
All, I should have been more clear when I said PGP didn't "work" with XP. Several people have clarified this when they say that it will work as long as you don't implement the VPN adapter and install the PGP virtual NIC, etc. That is correct that it will work, or more accurately *parts* of it

PGP for XP

2002-03-20 Thread backoffmymachine
Chris, That is correct...rumor has it (article on CNet I think) that NAI has produced a version of PGP for both MacOS X and XP but will not release them for sale (since they are stopping support and production of the software). I did try to run the last version of the desktop security package

Re: Unclassified Disk "Sanitizers"

2002-03-01 Thread backoffmymachine
Connie, As I'm sure you are aware, Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) data has a different standard for what constitutes "securely erased" than your garden variety data. As such, I normally recommend that people dealing with tasks such as yours contact their Inspector General (IG) office, CIO o

Re: Webserver relaying mail

2002-02-24 Thread backoffmymachine
Lisa, You can find information regarding FormMail here: http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/Formmail_pl_Can_Be_Used_As_An_Open_Mail_Relay.html Regards, Bomm Hush provide the worlds most secure, easy to use online applications - which solution is right for you? HushMail Secure Email http:

Re: File-Share Program Scanner?

2002-02-12 Thread backoffmymachine
Use a standard packet sniffer (dsniff, etherpeek, etc.) connected at various convergence points on your network and do one of two things depending on the functionality of the sniffer: 1) partial packet sniff and filter the results based on ports or save it to a text file and grep out the port

RE: Naming Conventions of Servers and Security

2002-02-12 Thread backoffmymachine
Not speaking for Jeff, just my two cents, if I see a server named firewall.foo.com it narrows my choices of attack enough to save me the time and trouble of having to "figure out" that the machine I'm seeing is a firewall. I have yet to see someone name a machine creditcarddatabase.foo.com but

RE: Feedback on BlackICE...

2002-01-31 Thread backoffmymachine
Actually, I've used BlackIce (NetworkIce) since it came out and have never had a problem on my home connection (broadband). HOWEVER, I keep it updated (automatically notifies me when there is an update) and I patch my machines. BrownFox is correct in that it is not a product for idiots...thank

TACACS+ and RADIUS

2002-01-30 Thread backoffmymachine
Go to http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci214249,00.html for a definition of RADIUS and download the Lucent paper for more info. Go to http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci213464,00.html for info on TACACS. Good luck...

RE: Blocking Kazaa

2002-01-16 Thread backoffmymachine
Check into using the Policy Editor to enforce restrictions; at one point (at another job) I had 300 98/98se machines authinticating against a RADIUS server and completly locked down the machine (including the ability to install/run programs). Later the labs migrated to NT after the needed appl

Re: Sendmail

2002-01-15 Thread backoffmymachine
Please excuse the postings to individual users...I don't remember who the original person was that submitted the question... Regardless, while I agree with Mr. Jackson that people will sue for just about anything I think that for a person (i.e., business) to be prudent they should employ a kn

IISvsApache

2002-01-15 Thread backoffmymachine
All, Not to fan the fire of the almost religious belief that the IIS discussion has taken on, I think some points have been overlooked: 1) both applications can be hardened against *known* vulnerabilities; if you don't believe this talk to someone that's been a sys admin or CompSec person for