Monthly Archives: September 2011

Techniques Hackers Use to Infiltrate Systems

By David Gitonga | Published: September 29, 2011

Recent media attention has once again reminded us that hackers are still around despite the high security systems that are in existence. While recent hackers have gone all the way and infiltrated some of the most complex and sensitive websites and data centers, most hackers are just curious programmers who want to explore the world [...]

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Enough! Which VPN Is Best for Me? Tell Me or Get Lost! – Part 1

By salman | Published: September 28, 2011
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Don’t know about you guys but I am fed of reading gazillioans of articles on VPN and their types and their forms and their everything else! We discuss so much that we end up generating loads of useless content. I agree that more content means more knowledge but at least tell me how to chose [...]

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SSL VPN for Mobility Enablement

By salman | Published: September 27, 2011

The boom in mobile technology with remote access of network isn’t hidden from anyone. The world is moving faster than we can imagine. From dial up Internet to broadbands, the Internet age has seen it all and leaped through all of these smoothly (with few hurdles and head first falls!) It is this anywhere and [...]

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Differences Between IPv4 and IPv6

By David Gitonga | Published: September 26, 2011

When the IPv4 protocol of assigning host addresses was introduced, nobody would have imagined that there would be 4 billion devices connected across a large- scale network. That was back in the 70s and before the age of the Internet. In time, it became clear that more addresses would be needed and in 1999 the [...]

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Why You Need To Be Careful About Check-in Services And Privacy

By heryzo | Published: September 25, 2011

Due to the rise of social media, and especially the check-in features, we now have a lot of news reporting strange and funny stories with regard to burglars and social media. Foursquare has made the check-in feature popular: in fact, this is a function that lets you tell your friends (mainly) where you are. Then [...]

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How to Connect Mobile Devices to a Network

By David Gitonga | Published: September 24, 2011

A number of connection possibilities exist that allow a mobile device, your iPhone, iPad or portable game console, to connect to a network and get a public IP address or a private IP address from a local network. One of the easiest ways is to use the traditional Ethernet cable or the wireless LAN. When [...]

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Will Facebook f8 Conference New Products Be Subject to Geolocation Limit Too?

By heryzo | Published: September 23, 2011
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I just chatted with some friends today about this September 22nd Facebook F8 developer conference. Sounds like Facebook is aiming to be the next guy in town who’s developer conference is the preferred platform for launching new services. You know, like Apple used to doing for launching his Macintosh up to the latest iPad2. All [...]

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Internet Privacy Task Forces

By HideIP Admin | Published: September 22, 2011

In an effort to curtail ongoing issues with data breaches and Internet privacy, Attorney General George Jepsen has created and implemented the Internet Privacy Task Force, which contains four different attorneys from Jepsen’s  office that have had some sort of expertise in the data privacy department. The issue of internet privacy and data breaches has [...]

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Facebook Privacy Settings: Are They Doing Enough to Protect Your Data?

By heryzo | Published: September 22, 2011

Facebook privacy settings has always been seen as untrustworthy for users. In order to address this issue, Facebook has introduced a lot of changes to their settings so as to give a more molecular control to users. But who actually can cope with all the changes? Are users even aware of what to do and [...]

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How to Prevent IP Spoofing

By David Gitonga | Published: September 21, 2011

Different kinds of spoofing have been around since the 1990s. Mainstream IP spoofing has been used to forge IP packet and data sources and on websites to steal credit card or other private information. IP spoofing is especially critical since it allows unauthorized users to access the root of the targeted system effectively bypassing one-time [...]

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