Archive for the 'Security' Category



Send secure email without client?

Thursday 18 February 2010 @ 10:27 pm
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Steve asked:

I want to create a program that among other things.. will need to send a email containing sensitive info. I will most likely will be using gnupg for encryption, but want the email to be sent securely (through ssl/tls). I want the program to be as small as possible, so if i could do this with a batch script(or something like that) that would be ideal! However if not, is there a very small and very secure client that i could use?




Question about anonymous web browsing?

Monday 4 January 2010 @ 9:48 am
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air asked:

When surfing online anonymously, through the TOR network for instance, is it that *I* am anonymous and not the information being sent, or is the information anonymous and invisible as well? I’m just wondering if I get set up that way if I could send sensitive information online securely?

Thanks.




Is the e-mail I recieved below legit or is this a scam?

Wednesday 23 December 2009 @ 11:43 am
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Tim H asked:

Dear AT&T Yahoo! Customer:

We noticed that you are accessing email using non-secure settings in your email software.

We would like to ensure that your AT&T Yahoo! Member ID, password, and email messages are transmitted securely between your mail software (such as Outlook or Outlook Express) and the AT&T Yahoo! Mail servers. In order to meet this need, please enable SSL via the instructions that are available on the Help site.

Since multiple email notifications have already been sent out about this, we request that you please make the necessary changes immediately. Remember, you need to make these changes if you want to continue to send/receive email using a mail client.




I have a Mac computer running the latest OSX mail that has SSL enabled. why do I keep getting this message?

Tuesday 8 December 2009 @ 2:36 am
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Philip M asked:

Dear AT&T Yahoo! Customer:

We noticed that you are accessing email using non-secure settings in your email software.

We would like to ensure that your AT&T Yahoo! Member ID, password, and email messages are transmitted securely between your mail software (such as Outlook or Outlook Express) and the AT&T Yahoo! Mail servers. In order to meet this need, please enable SSL via the instructions that are available on the Help site.

Since multiple email notifications have already been sent out about this, we request that you please make the necessary changes immediately. Remember, you need to make these changes if you want to continue to send/receive email using a mail client.

Thank you for your cooperation,




Securely viewing messages on a public / government network?

Sunday 15 November 2009 @ 2:35 pm
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Matt B asked:

When accessing your yahoo e-mail account, are messages that you view encrypted when sent? More precisely, if you are viewing your messages on a public / government network that logs packets are the messages sent to you in plain text…. or does yahoo encrypt the messages? If this is not so is there a way to set up yahoo to encrypt the packets it sends, or any third-party software that you can use in conjunction with yahoo to encrypt messages sent / received? This would be a big help since I would like to make sure that no one else (system admins and what not) can view my messages when I send or receive them. Thanks.




SSL Question?

Tuesday 8 September 2009 @ 11:22 pm
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Joshua M asked:

For each of the following statements, state whether it is True,
False or Indeterminate (i.e. there isn’t sufficient information
to tell whether it is True or False).
(1)
SSL uses symmetric cryptography to send a key securely
over the internet.
(2)
SSL is very secure and efficient.
(3)
SSL sometimes uses the same symmetric key more than
once.
(4)
SSL is efficient because it uses asymmetric key
cryptography.
(5)
SSL requires the computers between which data is
transferred to know each other’s private keys.




Enable SSL?

Thursday 23 July 2009 @ 7:03 am
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Vernie asked:

I am so tired of receiving the following message. As far as I know, I followed the instructions. I also went onto “ask mike” for suggestions and followed them. I still get this message. How do I accomplish this requirement?
FYI: My mail software is Outlook Express 6

Dear AT&T Yahoo! Customer:
We noticed that you are accessing email using non-secure settings in your email software. We would like to ensure that your AT&T Yahoo! Member ID, password, and email messages are transmitted securely between your mail software (such as Outlook or Outlook Express) and the AT&T Yahoo! Mail servers. In order to meet this need, please enable SSL via the instructions that are available on the Help site.

Since multiple email notifications have already been sent out about this, we request that you please make the necessary changes immediately. Remember, you need to make these changes if you want to continue to send/receive email using a mail client




How do I securely share contact manager info over the net?

Tuesday 14 July 2009 @ 1:53 pm
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dondon asked:

I am part of a 2-man business. We work 100 miles apart, normally talking on IM and sending email. We want to use Outlook or similar for our contact management. We will often need to individually update the same customer contact files and we both will need access to those files all day. Outlook tells me that I can share files but with no security or encryption. How do I get secure sharing?
I don’t mind using another program instead of Outlook, if it will do the job.




Is this a Scam?

Monday 13 July 2009 @ 8:26 am
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E.F. asked:

I recieved the following email from “Paypal”. I never made any such purchase and my paypal account has no record of it.

Dear PayPal Member,

This email confirms that you have sent an eBay payment of $47.75 USD to
johnsput81@yahoo.com for an eBay item.

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Payment Details
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Amount: $47.75 USD

Transaction ID: 2LC956713J776333Y

Subject: Digimax 138

Note:
If you haven’t authorized this charge ,click the link below to dispute transaction
and get full refund

Dispute transaction (Encrypted Link )

*SSL connection:
PayPal automatically encrypts your confidential information
in transit from your computer to ours using the Secure
Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length
of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available)

———————————–
Item Information
———————————–

eBay User ID: scratchandgnaw2

—————————————————————-
Edward Harrell’s UNCONFIRMED Address
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Edward Harrell
211 David St.
Springtown, TX 76082
United States

Important Note: Edward Harrell has provided an Unconfirmed Address. If
you are planning on shipping items to Edward Harrell, please check the
Transaction Details page of this payment to find out whether you will
be covered by the PayPal Seller Protection Policy.

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This payment was sent using your bank account.

By using your bank account to send money, you just:

- Paid easily and securely

- Sent money faster than writing and mailing paper checks
- Paid instantly — your purchase won’t show up on bills at the end of
the month.

Thanks for using your bank account!

—————————————————————-

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
PayPal Email ID PP118




Encrypting email attachments?

Thursday 28 May 2009 @ 12:03 pm
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zerothworld1 asked:

What’s a good way to encrypt an email attachment (it’s an excel spreadsheet) to securely send to an external trading partner? I.e. it’s a B2B scenario.




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