I'm in the lab today. When I stopped to get the key, the security guard was sleeping in front of his monitor. At least he looked awake. It took him about a minute to realize somebody was at the counter asking for help.

Alleviating Paranoia

To alleviate my recent paranoia with the Mail.app and other possible system vulnerabilities, I have implemented "the right" thing for system security. Tripwire + LittleSnitch + Frequent Whole System Backups. I bought a 250 Gig external USB 2 hard drive for the backups. I did a fresh install of 10.3.5, followed by the installation and tuning of tripwire before any network contact was made. Then the iterative process of installing software and re-running/updating the tripwire DB began. :) This is as mundane as it gets, but information is power and I now have superior information about my machine's integrity.

Given the fact that no one considers passwords on a.cs.okstate.edu to be secure, I'll likely be migrating my main email account off that server as well... possibly to gmail (the only feature that I find attractive is their free POP3 over SSL connection).

 

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Austin Gilbert/Male/26-30. Lives in United States/Oklahoma/Tulsa/Midtown, speaks English. Spends 40% of daytime online. Uses a Fast (128k-512k) connection. And likes computer science/photography.
This is my blogchalk: United States, Oklahoma, Tulsa, Midtown, English, Austin Gilbert, Male, 26-30, computer science, photography.

2005/03/20