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Posts Tagged ‘ssl’Extreme WebMail Login Security with OpenIDWednesday, December 24th, 2008Now that LuxSci supports OpenID as an option for logging into WebMail, it raises the questions: "Just how secure is OpenID?" and "Does this new technology allow for more secure logins?" In short, the security of OpenID can vary from very poor to extremely iron-clad. OpenID does allow you to make your logins to WebMail "bullet-proof", if you set things up appropriately.
Read the rest of this post » Popularity: 29% [?] Optimizing Mozilla ThunderbirdWednesday, December 10th, 2008LuxSci supports a plethora of modern email programs like Microsoft Outlook and Eudora (our blog posting "Head To Head Battle of Email Clients" discuss several of these) and works with any email program and device that properly supports POP, IMAP, or SMTP. However, we do recommend Mozilla Thunderbird in the absence of any personal preferences or specific requirements for things that may only be supported in Outlook or other specific programs. LuxSci’s staff uses Thunderbird with IMAP (or WebMail) uniformly for all email sending and receiving. We discuss the reasons why in the "Battle" blog article. Here, we will give some configuration tips and tricks and recommended add-ons. Popularity: 49% [?] Are Export-Grade Encryption Options Needed Anymore?Saturday, November 15th, 2008The short answer is "no" … unless you need to support web browsers 8+ years old on computers that cannot be patched or upgraded and which are not in the USA or Canada.
Read the rest of this post » Popularity: 30% [?] Wireless WPA Security Already Cracking — Be Sure to use SSL!Monday, November 10th, 2008Security researches will be outlining attacks that can break the WPA wirless security protection of wireless networks this week at the PacSec conference in Tokyo. Erik Tews and Martin Beck will discuss how networks protected by TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol — originally called WEP2) are vulnerable to attackers being able to inject small amounts of traffic into the encrypted data stream. This can allow attackers to:
Read the rest of this post » Popularity: 63% [?] SSL versus TLS - What’s the difference?Monday, November 10th, 2008SSL versus TLSTLS (Transport Layer Security) and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) are protocols that provide data encryption and authentication between applications in scenarios where that data is being sent across an insecure network, such as checking your email (How does the Secure Socket Layer work?). The terms SSL and TLS are often used interchangeably or in conjunction with each other (TLS/SSL), but one is in fact the predecessor of the other — SSL 3.0 served as the basis for TLS 1.0 which, as a result, is sometimes referred to as SSL 3.1. With this said though, is there actually a difference between the two?
Read the rest of this post » Popularity: 99% [?] Do you need a VPN for Secure Email in a Wireless Hotspot?Wednesday, November 5th, 2008LuxSci has been approached by many people asking for VPN (Virtual Private Network) services. When we ask them why, they indicate that they use wireless hotspots (like at Starbucks and other public places) that are insecure and untrusted and they want to be sure that their email is secure and encrypted there. This is a very legitimate concern. Wireless hotspots are serious danger zones; we have seen many cases of people who have carelessly used insecure connections to email and had their login usernames and passwords stolen in such places. This can lead to identity theft, the leaking of sensitive company or personal information, and other serious problems. Anyone using public wireless hotspots or other untrusted networks for email and other activities that involve personal information need to take care that the information sent to and from their computers is protected. If the transmission of your sensitive information is protected, then you have nothing to worry about and hotspots can be great places to work.
Read the rest of this post » Popularity: 56% [?] Enforcing Email Security with TLS when Communicating with BanksMonday, November 3rd, 2008LuxSci has had many requests from clients who have to communicate with various banks and other security-conscious organizations asking that LuxSci "enforce the encryption of email when sent to those organizations’ email servers via TLS". This is such a common request, that I wanted to explain what it means, why it is good, how LuxSci does this by default, and the extra step that LuxSci can take to lock down things even more for you.
Read the rest of this post » Popularity: 55% [?] New Alternate POP and IMAP PortsTuesday, August 8th, 2006LuxSci now provides alternate ports for POP and IMAP connections to help our users with difficulty connecting to our servers due to firewalls blocking the usual ports.
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