We just had a lively discussion about security and today I came
across an article stating that businesses spent an average of 20% of
their IT expenses on security in 2006. Here is the article at www.itnews.com.au.
I don't try to make any conclusions, points or suggestions here. You all can do that for yourselves. It just keeps me thinking about our priorities. Is it necessary for us/me to spend so much money on security? How can we/I cut costs in that area?
Maybe some of you can revel your secrets ;) about what you are doing at you base and/or for your personal computing. What hard-/software are you using, how much money do you spend, how
effective is it (e.g. how much viruses do you get, when was the last time, etc.), etc. And maybe also, how do you define security?
Greetings from the MatriX,
neo
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data encryption
One thing I discovered a few days ago is truecrypt, which is Open Source software that implements 256 bit AES encryption. I've used it on my personal Linux laptop for about a year ago, but recently I went to their website and discovered that their software can be installed on Mac OSX and Windows as well. Its very easy to install too.
Douglass
re: data encryption
Hi Douglass.
I double checked the TrueCrypt site because I thought they "only" have versions for Linux and Windows. And, well, I couldn't find anything for Mac, or didn't I see something? The source is available for download but I don't think you meant that, right?
Anyways, if someone knows how to build the program from source for Mac then please let me know.
Greetings from the MatriX,
neo
Re: data encryption
My mistake. I guess I just glanced over that part, and assumed it would work on OSX. However, I did read that a port to Mac is in the works. Meanwhile, perhaps there is a way to get a Linux truecrypt install to work on a mac. I know getting Linux programs to run on Windows is possible, but I do not have much experience with Mac.