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Google Apps Users Beware – Your Web Browser May Not Work!

Erik Kangas — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:39:02 +0000

Many of our customers use Google Apps in conjunction with LuxSci email and web services. One relatively new policy of Google Apps has caused and will cause many problems for customers who are forced to use “legacy”>> read the complete answer

Is SSL/TLS Really Broken by the BEAST attack? What is the Real Story? What Should I Do?

Erik Kangas — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:01:46 +0000

SSL v3 and TLS v1 are subject to a serious exploit, according to a recently published attack mechanism (called BEAST). This sounds foundation-shattering and kind of scary. When people see this, as when we did, the first panicky>> read the complete answer

Mac Viruses – The New Reality

peter@luxsci.com — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:47:50 +0000

Viruses have been the bane of Windows users since before the World Wide Web became popular. If you owned a Mac though, you were generally immune to them. They didn’t targets Macs and still rarely do. But is that changing>> read the complete answer

Don’t Throw Away That Old Smartphone

peter@luxsci.com — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:27:24 +0000

You’ve just gotten the latest and shiniest smartphone there is, now what do you do with your old smartphone? In the old days of ‘feature’ phones that just made phone calls and maybe had a calendar we would just through>> read the complete answer

Digital Signatures in Email

Erik Kangas — Tue, 24 May 2011 22:36:26 +0000

Many of our customers require that electronic digital signatures be added to outbound email messages. Here we discuss what these are, what they do for you, and how to add them using LuxSci SecureLine email encryption.

What are Digital

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Web Form Spam – Block Spam without a Captcha Code

Erik Kangas — Fri, 20 May 2011 20:35:27 +0000

Many web site forms and comment forms are plagued by “web form spam”. Automated programs crawl the Internet looking for web forms. When found, they start submitting spam advertisements through the forms in the hopes that some of the>> read the complete answer

What is Cloud Computing? Or How to Speak Intelligently about Cloud and Virtual Private Servers

Erik Kangas — Thu, 19 May 2011 22:47:44 +0000

We are often asked questions about Cloud Servers and Virtual Private Servers (VPS) and which is better and in what circumstances. We also find that many customers are using these terms without a good understanding of what they mean and>> read the complete answer

Has Your Email Been Read? Read Receipts and Web Bugs

Erik Kangas — Tue, 10 May 2011 22:00:38 +0000

Customers often ask how they can know if a message has been read by a specific recipient. Typically, this is done by requesting a “Read Receipt” when sending the message; however, read receipts are not reliable. Spammers use techniques such>> read the complete answer

Alternate SMTP Ports – Send Email From Any Location

Erik Kangas — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:12:34 +0000

When sending outbound email from an email program (like Outlook or Thunderbird) or from a mobile device (like iPhone or Blackberry) that is not using Premium MobileSync, your program or device connects to our outbound email servers>> read the complete answer

Best Practices for Password Reminders and Security Questions

Erik Kangas — Fri, 06 May 2011 01:12:59 +0000

Many companies, LuxSci included, recommend or require that users have one or more “Security Questions” and corresponding answers associated with their accounts. These questions are commonly used to:

Verify a user’s identity if the user has forgotten his/her password, or
Provide

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