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Andrew,
Thanks for the excellent information. If it's okay with you, I am also
going to pass this along to my less tech-savvy friends. Friends don't
let friends surf stupidly, eh?
Question (and I'm pretty sure I got stung by this once): How do you
identify redirects and hex coding in a link?
Lisa
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From: bounce-techwr-l-53104 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-53104 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com] On Behalf Of Andrew
Plato
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 9:02 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Security followup
"Anonymous" wrote
> This weekend I was downloading MP3 of Kaazaa, and I came back to find
> that someone was downloading my tech writing samples. Since I believe
> KaaZaa only scans the files you elect to share, I assume someone was
> hacking...I can't think of why someone with "Evil" in their screen
> name would want a document called "Administration of ******
> Portal.pdf"
>
> Thoughts or comments?
Kazza is pure evil. As are all the sharing programs. If you open ports
and share files on your PC, you're asking for it.
<snip>
8. Common frickin' sense. Use the big mushy gray thing between your ears
and think before you click:
- Don't just click on links. Inspect them first. Look for redirects
within the link or hex encoding.
- Don't open attachments unless its been virus scanned first.
- Don't give out information to people. I can't tell you how many people
when I talk to them for the first time will just volunteer everything I
need to know about their systems.
</snip>
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