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Computer Security
What do we know about you?
Our site statistics program, similar to what is used on most other sites, collects from your computer:
- The IP address you use
- Date and time you arrived
- Date and time you left our site
- What pages you looked at
- How long you looked at each page
- The URL you visited before you came here
- Your monitor size and colours
- Your operating system
- Details of your browser
- Details of what plugins you have
- The main software you have
- What "scripts" your computer allows to run
- Whether you've visited us before
PC Flank Tests
You can easily test your system for vulnerabilities to Internet threats with on-line tests. PC Flank's testing facilities consist of six on-line tests: Quick Test, Advanced Port Scanner, Stealth Test, Browser Test, Trojans Test and Exploits Test.
Surveillance Self-Defense
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has created the Surveillance Self-Defense site to educate the American public about the law and technology of government surveillance in the United States, providing the information and tools necessary to evaluate the threat of surveillance and take appropriate steps to defend against it.
Much if not all of the seriously important information applies to people in Australia as, arguably, Australian laws give government agencies even greater capability to access your life and invade your privacy.
Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) exists to answer two main questions:
- What can the government legally do to spy on your computer data and communications?
- And what can you legally do to protect yourself against such spying?
Bascis about website access
When you access a website, you download multiple files to your computer, some of which are used by your browser to display a web page. Some of these downloaded files "do" something.
Generally interaction is achieved through files and code such as JavaScript, Java, ActiveX, Flash and more. It is possible to program some of this code to interact with your computer in ways that will harm you.
Unless you have a firewall and unless the firewall is configured correctly.
Imagine if, through your visit to a website, or through a hacking attack, your database of personal information, privileged reports, accounts and more, are uploaded by a "hostile" ActiveX applet, into someone else's computer to be used against you?
There are 65,535 different "ports" (or channels) in your computer through which a program or part of your operating system can communicate with someone or something on the internet.
Privacy is a privilege. It is also a duty, particularly if you are an investigator or security agent entrusted with data about clients or subjects of investigations. This is data, which in Australia, you must by law protect.
How to Protect Yourself From Big Brother »
Encryption is a solution if privacy means something to you »
Computer Forensics
Intrusion Detection, Honeypots and Incident Handling Resources - vast resources. Lawful Intercept (LI/CALEA) Links & Whitepapers right through to Honeypots and intrusion detection.
What network security is enough?
An article by Richard Wall, Modern Investigative Solutions»
Wireless Networking
Making it Secure - another article by Richard Wall»
