For most S/MIME compatible email clients, you must obtain a PKCS12 format certificate before you can upload your private key and/or others’ public key for secure email communication. The first way you can do this is, of course, to apply such a certificate from a trusted Certificate Authority (CA), such as VeriSign. But can you […]
Can we use self generated Public and Private Keys to communicate without Public Key Infrastructure? Originally, you can use PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) freeware to communicate freely. PGP freeware can be downloaded here: http://www.pgpi.org/products/pgp/versions/freeware/ However, since they have recently taken down the freeware for the Windows platform, I’ll show you how to use another piece […]
I read a piece of news about the security issue of the new Google Browser Chrome from ComputerWorld. The Google Browser is an open source project, and many of the components it was built on use open source software. One of them is the open-source rendering software called WebKit. This component was found to have […]
This article will tell you about a simple way to check whether your computer system has a trojan horse (spyware) implemented. A trojan horse or spyware operates by running on your computer and opening a communication port (TCP port) to communicate with the remote hacker, so he or she can “spy” on your computer. The […]
Let’s begin by looking at the meaning of the word “policy”. Walt, C. (2001a) defines a policy in practical security terms as “a published document (or set of documents) in which the organization’s philosophy, strategy, policies, and practices with regard to confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.” In other words, it’s actually management’s intention for […]
