Computer Security

[houstonscott]

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: You know where keystrokes are handled? In software. Listen dude, I understand you have a scorched earth policy on not being proven wrong but you may want to quit while you're ahead here.

Guess it's above your understanding. Good luck with micro shaft.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

U.S. Army Installing Apple Computers - Schneier on Security I don't want to belittle you expertise, but a very close family member was the 17th employee at Apple, he designed the chips, yeah the guy who designed the CPU for a generation of computers, and the guy who invented/designed the gigabit chip in your server. I'll take his word. I don't do anything, plug and go... No firewalls, no anti anything running. No issues.

Early apple1 and apple2 computers used Motorola 6502 microprocessors, designed by MOS by same former motorola engineers that designed 6800. 6502 was one of the earlier assembly level programs I learned. Apple was formed Jan 1977, and had 31 employees by jan 1978. Lisa/McIntosh computers changed from 6502 to motorola microprocessors. apple later moved to powerPC processors. Not sure they ever built their own processor.

 

[TN8Man]

I'd be careful, if it's free ask yourself who's paying. It isn't you and that means there's a good chance they're either selling your browsing history or serving you ads. Speaking of security ads are one of the main vectors since they usually come from a 3rd party.

There are no ads or commercials with Kodi. Just free content from TV shows old and new to movies old and new to live TV programs and sports.

I used to pay $$$ for dish sat service but now I get everything and more for free. I even get new movies that are still at the theater. Using vpn I connect to a secure server and stream the content through, the content provider only sees the protected vpn server.

 

[MossRoad]

Chuck Peddle, Rod Orgill, and Wil Mathys designed the 6501.

 

[TN8Man]

I've been using a Fortigate for firewall/router. It has wifi capability. AV, URL Filtering, IPS, SSL Inspection, DLP, Application Control etc some controls require a subscription. You can also setup as a transparent proxy for http https ftp and can be setup to sit in the middle of ssl session so that it can look at the traffic going in both directions. Just because you have ssl going doesn't mean your safe, it could be implemented incorrectly and the far end may have been compromised. So unless your security device can read the encrypted traffic, it won't have any idea what it is and that it may contain code you don't want to get to your computer. Then you might want to use an AV you trust on your endpoints.

Also, like vvanders posted earlier, prudent computing behavior is very important.

A good backup with ability to restore, can be your friend as well.

I've been using malware bytes premium for years. Bitdefender, this year. MVPS hosts File.

A windows vm with Sandboxie running commodo dragon if your going to be going places that are shady. When im done, revert to prior snapshot.

Thanks for the information. I will research this.

 

[vvanders]

Early apple1 and apple2 computers used Motorola 6502 microprocessors, designed by MOS by same former motorola engineers that designed 6800. 6502 was one of the earlier assembly level programs I learned. Apple was formed Jan 1977, and had 31 employees by jan 1978. Lisa/McIntosh computers changed from 6502 to motorola microprocessors. apple later moved to powerPC processors. Not sure they ever built their own processor.

Yup, speaking of the 6502 have you seen the MOnSter 6502? Totally awesome: MOnSter 6502

If he ever sells a kit I'm firing up my soldering iron and grabbing one in a heartbeat.