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security-tools [2021/04/25 14:25]
serbizadmin [Security Tools]
security-tools [2022/10/23 13:37] (current)
serbizadmin [Password Management]
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 A rule of thumb in security is **proportionality**: more sensitive, more important files get stronger protection. The more protection you put in, the more cumbersome it is to share and use such protected files or data. So it's going to be a balance between security and usability. A rule of thumb in security is **proportionality**: more sensitive, more important files get stronger protection. The more protection you put in, the more cumbersome it is to share and use such protected files or data. So it's going to be a balance between security and usability.
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 ====== Password Management ====== ====== Password Management ======
  
-{{  :keepassx_logo.png?50}}* [[https://www.keepassx.org/downloads|KeepPassX]] or its fork, [[https://keepassxc.org|KeepPassXC]] (especially for newer machines)\\ +{{ :keepassx_logo.png?50}}* [[https://www.keepassx.org/downloads|KeepPassX]] or its fork, [[https://keepassxc.org|KeepPassXC]] (especially for newer machines)\\ 
-Use this app to manage your passwords and other important info bits. In addition to using a strong password (at least 8 characters, with certain characters in capital, also using both numbers and special characters), it is recommended that the database and passkey be placed in separate locations. \\+Use this app to manage your passwords and other important info bits. In addition to using a strong password (at least 8 characters, with certain characters in capital, also using both numbers and special characters), it is recommended that the database and passkey be placed in separate locations.\\
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-Save any changes you do by clicking on the Save icon. {{  :keypass-x-main-screen.png?400  }}\\+Save any changes you do by clicking on the Save icon. {{ :keypass-x-main-screen.png?400 }}\\
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 Otherwise, it's "business as usual": someone would have different accounts using **the same password**. The obvious problem with the habit is that once an account is compromised at one site, your "univeral" password can be easily used in other sites using only different login name.\\ Otherwise, it's "business as usual": someone would have different accounts using **the same password**. The obvious problem with the habit is that once an account is compromised at one site, your "univeral" password can be easily used in other sites using only different login name.\\
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 * Check also [[https://haveibeenpwned.com|using this utility]] if your email has already been compromised.\\ * Check also [[https://haveibeenpwned.com|using this utility]] if your email has already been compromised.\\
-{{  :screen_shot_2018-05-13_at_9.38.28_am.png?200  }}\\+{{ :screen_shot_2018-05-13_at_9.38.28_am.png?200 }}\\
 If indeed compromised, change the passwords at the sites concerned. Change your password for your email address as well. If indeed compromised, change the passwords at the sites concerned. Change your password for your email address as well.
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 +A word on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb4-4PN8u4w|keeping your password safe here]].
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 ====== File Encryption ====== ====== File Encryption ======
  
-{{  :truecryptlogo.jpg?50}}* [[https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html|Veracrypt]]|[[https://www.truecrypt71a.com/downloads/|TrueCrypt]]\\+{{  :truecryptlogo.jpg?50|truecryptlogo.jpg}}* [[https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html|Veracrypt]] (requires [[https://osxfuse.github.io|macFUSE]]) **|** [[https://www.truecrypt71a.com/downloads/|TrueCrypt]]\\
 Use Veracrypt for newer machinces.\\ Use Veracrypt for newer machinces.\\
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 {{  :truecrypt-mounted.png?400  }}\\ {{  :truecrypt-mounted.png?400  }}\\
-Drag the file that needs to be secured to the mounted container file.\\+Drag the file that needs to be secured to the mounted container file. 
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 ===== Tips ===== ===== Tips =====
  
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   * For Mac users using the latest Mac OS version, you may get an error message like "the OSXFUSE file system is not available". To work around this, install Command Line Tools for Xcode and Homebrew from the Terminal   * For Mac users using the latest Mac OS version, you may get an error message like "the OSXFUSE file system is not available". To work around this, install Command Line Tools for Xcode and Homebrew from the Terminal
  
-xcode-select –install /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install|https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install]])"+xcode-select –install /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL
  
-Then install osxfuse and sshfs brew cask install osxfuse brew install sshfs+Install [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install|Homebrew]]. Then install osxfuse and sshfs//://
  
-Alternately, [[https://osxfuse.github.io |this version of osxfuse]]. It may need a reboot.+// //brew cask install osxfuse brew install sshfs 
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 +//Alternately, //install [[https://osxfuse.github.io|this version of osxfuse]]//. It may need a reboot. // 
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 +===== Live OS ===== 
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 +//{{  :tailsos.jpg?50|tailsos.jpg}}* [[https://tails.boum.org/install/download/index.en.html|Tails]] - stand-alone operating system. See [[https://tails.boum.org/install/os/index.en.html|installation assistant]] 
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 +Use this app so as not to leave more digital footprints on the computer you use and elsewhere. Downside: slower apps running. //
  
-====== Live OS ====== 
  
-{{  :tailsos.jpg?50}}* [[https://tails.boum.org/install/download/index.en.html|Tails]] - stand-alone operating system. See [[https://tails.boum.org/install/os/index.en.html|installation assistant]] \\  \\ Use this app so as not to leave more digital footprints on the computer you use and elsewhere. Downside: slower apps running.+===== See Also =====
  
-====== See Also ======+* [[privacy-apps|Privacy Apps]]
  
-  * [[Privacy Apps|]] 
  
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