Sep 06 2012
My wife is over in Denmark by herself at the moment but wanted to share her in room internet connection (a cabled Ethernet connection) to her other devices over Wi-Fi. She had recently upgraded her MacBook Air to Mountain Lion (Mac OS X 10.8) but had used internet sharing on that computer in the past on …
Aug 28 2010
These days, parents and small businesses can find it difficult to make sure internet access is being used responsibly not to mention the potential security implications for visiting unknown websites on a frequent basis. The incumbent Federal Government put its web filter strategy on ice in the lead up to the election and still appears …
May 05 2010
Yesterday, I touched on DNSSEC and the potential impact it could have on Internet connections where consumer grade hardware was involved. So what was the big deal? In the past, there have been issues with “DNS spoofing” where an attacker tricks a computer into going to an IP address other than that associated with a …
May 04 2010
With time getting away from me this evening due to a huge deluge of work that needs my attention, I will simply leave you with something to consider for the next 24 hours. Something called DNSSEC (DNS Security) will come online on 5th May which will authenticate DNS responses with digital certificates. Unfortunately, this has …
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