Tag Archives: Security

Jan200907

Edi Kwie

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Keychain For My Passwords

keepassI have many passwords and user names for open my software and internet services. From Yahoo until Google. Sure, I make them different from one to another to make them more secure. And I guess, it is very impossible if I have to remember them all. So, I was search the application that can help me to keep my entire of confidential information for me.
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Oct200825

Edi Kwie

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Do Not Make Your Password Is Too Short

Create a password is sometimes confusing us. If the password is too long will make it difficult to remember but on the other hand, if too short will be easy to guess at other people. So, I suggest in making the password, not too short! But unfortunately, Windows XP has been configuring the system so that users can create a password with no minimum to character number, including one character. And ti will make your system be fragile. For that we need to configure it so that Windows XP users who reject the password is too short. This is for security reasons. The core of this article is force user to set their password with minimum character that you want.
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Jun200825

Edi Kwie

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Lock Welcome Screen on Invalid Login

By default, Windows XP give you unlimited chance to retry if you enter a password or even a wrong user name. Maybe, you think this a comfort way to you but on other hand, a guest or unauthorized user can try to guess your password without worry locked by its system. And this isn’t a good condition for your computer security. This article will share a tip to limit the login chance to three times user may input wrong passwords on login screen or Welcome Screen.
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Jun200824

Edi Kwie

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Hide My Computer’s Properties menu

If your right click My Computer icon on desktop or Start menu, a usual pop menu will appear. And if you click Properties menu then, System Properties window will shown. And you can change lot computer settings inside there. And this is a danger ‘window’ for a wrong user. The naughty user may destroy computer through it.
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May200831

Edi Kwie

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Block a Website Address using HOSTS file

Actually, HOSTS file is using by Windows to mapping host name to an IP address. Windows has been giving us a sample. The sample is localhost name, by default that host name is mapping to IP address: 127.0.0.1. So, if you enter localhost at your browser address bar, Windows will map localhost to 127.0.0.1 address. And you can add your own host name to your chosen IP address.
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