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As VoIP becomes ever more popular, the security of these systems becomes more of a concern. VoIP can be vulnerable to a number of attacks due to the nature of VoIP calls. In short, VoIP traffic flows across the Internet in unencrypted packets, which means anyone that has access to the network between sender and recipient can intercept these packets — essentially allowing them to create a recording of your conversation. How can you help secure yourself against these types of attacks? (more…)

Having your entire Operating System stored on an external server and booting from any computer and being able to access your data has many benefits but the current benefits of desktops outweigh Web based solutions. Here is why you shouldn’t expect your next OS to be a Web Browser.

There are many reasons why this won’t be for some time but first we need to take a look at the benefits of using a web based OS for primary use. (more…)

How many of us have computers connected to the Internet through routers? The number of dial-up connections is dramatically decreasing each year. Now most people use cable, DSL and other broadband connections, most of which require a router. Even wireless goes through it.

Today, routers are quite cheap and functional. You can connect your desktop computer, a laptop and even an Xbox to one single router. Furthermore, routers provide additional security. Some of them come with integrated firewalls and packet filtering. In some cases this means that you don’t need any software firewall at all as long as you are connected through a router.

But does this mean routers are unbreakable? Of course not. What’s even worse is that informal statistics show that about 50 percent of routers were never reconfigured after purchase. (more…)