Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a symmetric key cipher technique used to secure and encrypt operating systems, hard drives, networking systems, files, e-mails, and other similar data. In cryptography, AES consist of three block ciphers taken from a larger collection published originally as Rijndael. Each cipher has a 128-bit block size with three different key [...]
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What Is AES Encryption?
August 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions
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What is a Passphrase?
May 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Networking
A passphrase is a series of letters, characters, or words that can be combined like a password. They are used for many computer programs, to gain access to systems, data, or messages. It is similar to shorter passwords in use, but a passphrase can be as long as 100 characters and offer extra protection when [...]
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Improve Your Web Security With Encryption And Firewall Technologies
April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Concepts, How To, How To Keep Secure, Internet, Q & A, Technology, Tips & Techniques
If you’re like most IT professionals, your work life is an ongoing balancing act in which you aim to adopt the latest technological innovations while keeping your enterprise secure. So you welcome any software that makes the whole process easier. Fortunately, security features in IIS, ISA Server, and secure sockets layer (SSL) can all be [...]
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Stop Internet Poachers from Stealing Your Wi-Fi
March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · How To Keep Secure, Networking, Security
Everyone has a different system for keeping their home networks secure. And by “secure” I mean “safe from cheapskate neighbors looking to poach some free Internet.”
Some users rely on their router’s WPA encryption capabilities, while others employ MAC address filtering. Some do both. I’m not wild about either approach, as they involve a lot of [...]
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Introduction to Wireless Network Security
February 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Concepts, How To Keep Secure, Introductions, Networking, Security
It wasn’t too long ago that computers were a luxury rather than a necessity. Only the lucky and the wealthy had even one in their home and a network was something reserved for large corporations.
Fast forward a decade or so and everyone has to have their own computer. There is one for the parents [...]
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