[dba-Tech] Security measures

For me, I stick to the simple basics.  

-Linksys firewall (just bought a new 4 port + wireless G - very nice for the
roaming laptop)
-AVG antivirus.  Free, and better than the big names in my opinion.  Never
missed a virus yet.
-mlin.net for startup control panel and startup monitor.  Very nice tools
for cleaning up your startup tray from whatever finds its way in there, and
for keeping things out to begin with.
-grc.com for the free tools to turn off the security issues with XP and
Messenger.
-mailwasher.  Cleans all email accounts from junk at the server level,
before it even gets to your in-box.
-Google toolbar 2.0 to block the pop-ups.

That's about it.  No virus since I caught Nimda while building a server
without a firewall.  I hooked up to pull the security patch down, and caught
it before the patch was even down and applied.  I've been sold on firewalls
ever since!

Mark



-----Original Message-----
From: Steven W. Erbach [mailto:serbach at new.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 12:50 PM
To: dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [dba-Tech] Security measures


Dear Group,

Computer security grabbed the headlines over the last two weeks. I've been
steadily adding to a Favorites list of security-related web sites, but my
own understanding of the issues in computer and Internet security is limited
to what I read and what I've done on the PCs in my home office.

I have two main questions:

1) What resources do you turn to for security information -- books,
magazines, web sites, etc.?

2) What things have you done on your own PCs to battle the forces of
darkness? Software (anti-virus, password encryption, firewalls) or hardware
(routers, proxy servers, firewalls, etc.).
2a) What was it about these products that recommended themselves to you?

Thank you for your input in advance. I've found myself answering questions
about security that I'm not too sure about. That's why I'm asking you here.

Regards,

Steve Erbach
Scientific Marketing
Neenah, WI

If architects built buildings the way programmers built applications, the
first woodpecker to come along would cause the end of civilization.


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