Category Archives: Security

CUJO Firewall: Approach with Caution

Posted on September 3, 2017 by

In my previous post I did an introduction to whole-home Internet security.  For the last few months I’ve been trying to get one of the early devices in this category, the CUJO working.  I have now tried CUJO in two … Continue reading →

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Whole-home Internet Security

Posted on September 3, 2017 by

Over the next several months I’ll be returning to blogging about one of my favorite topic areas, Internet Security and Privacy.  For this post I’ll do some background on the new generation of whole-home internet security devices.  Then I’ll do … Continue reading →

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A call for EMET Lite

Posted on March 16, 2014 by

Often I make suggestions to Microsoft privately, occasionally I do so publicly.  I’m doing this one publicly to generate broader discussion and hopefully a consensus.  I already mentioned this on Twitter a few weeks ago, but the full discussion requires … Continue reading →

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Another stupid Anti-Malware test?

Posted on February 28, 2014 by

PC Mag has an article on the latest anti-malware tests by NSS Labs.  For this test NSS Labs turned off Microsoft’s SmartScreen because it was too effective, blocking 98-100% of malware.  SmartScreen, being in the OS now, works independent of … Continue reading →

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1984 wasn’t 1984, but 2024 might be

Posted on February 6, 2014 by

A number of organizations are uniting to sponsor a day of Internet protests on February 11 against mass surveillance by the NSA.  You can find out more here. With apologies to all my non-American readers, I have no problem with … Continue reading →

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Windows XP: Apocalypse Now

Posted on January 15, 2014 by

I’ve been sounding the warning about the coming demise of Windows XP for the last three years, and this is the last warning before it actually happens.  In 2011 I wrote about why XP should die.  In August of last year … Continue reading →

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