UKBouldering.com

IT News (Read 167910 times)

Stubbs

  • Guest
#175 Re: IT News
April 16, 2011, 12:37:12 am
NHS information governance....


Is there not just remote log ins to email or even to the server?  Seems like overkill really.


fatdoc

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 4093
  • Karma: +100/-8
  • old and fearful
    • http://www.pincheswall.co.uk
#176 Re: IT News
April 16, 2011, 09:55:52 pm
IG has got the NHS in a banking / high corporate level to the extreme.

only way i'll get sanction from work to use a USB is with one like this.


I agree.

you want NHS employees to carry on leaving patient details on trains... or MPs sons leaving NHS data in pubs...

seems like a no brainer to me... except the cost.. ouch.

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#177 Re: IT News
April 18, 2011, 07:42:05 am
Have them at work, never use them as I just ssh to my work computer or mount network drives over VPN when working at home.

fatdoc

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 4093
  • Karma: +100/-8
  • old and fearful
    • http://www.pincheswall.co.uk
#178 Re: IT News
April 18, 2011, 04:28:11 pm
well, you have to work somwhere  :P

seriously, do they work OK?


slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#179 Re: IT News
April 18, 2011, 04:36:39 pm
From my perspective no, they're an utter waste of time because the firmware that makes them secure only comes for M$.

More generally though I've zero experience in cryptography and how to crack protected data systems, so you'd really need to find someone who is to be able to comment on whether they "work" (by which I'm guessing you mean keeping data secure should it be lost).

(None of this constitutes IT news though, any admins could syphon these posts into their own thread where it can be found in future instead of having to trawl through this IT news thread?)

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#182 Re: IT News
April 20, 2011, 08:35:51 pm
Big Brother Steve Jobs & co. are watching you

Now you can use a Free Open Source Software package to find out from your iFern where you've been with iFern Tracker  :geek:

tomtom

Online
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 20325
  • Karma: +647/-11
#183 Re: IT News
April 20, 2011, 08:54:01 pm
Big Brother Steve Jobs & co. are watching you

Now you can use a Free Open Source Software package to find out from your iFern where you've been with iFern Tracker  :geek:

Shame the program only works on macs... ferking typical..

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#184 Re: IT News
April 21, 2011, 07:23:06 am
Big Brother Steve Jobs & co. are watching you

Now you can use a Free Open Source Software package to find out from your iFern where you've been with iFern Tracker  :geek:

Shame the program only works on macs... ferking typical..

Being FOSS you can get the source and compile it under any OS ;) :geek:

Palomides

Offline
  • ****
  • forum abuser
  • Posts: 732
  • Karma: +33/-1
#185 Re: IT News
April 21, 2011, 12:37:42 pm
random thoughts on this?

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2010/02/25/ironkey-secure-flash-drive-review/

ta

As far as I know, it's still about the best encrypted flash drive around (according to people who know better than I!!).

fatdoc

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 4093
  • Karma: +100/-8
  • old and fearful
    • http://www.pincheswall.co.uk
#186 Re: IT News
April 21, 2011, 11:46:14 pm
got one... seems to work OK

only really know if it's worth it's salt if I lose / drown it.

hope to need to consider neither...

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#187 Re: IT News
May 03, 2011, 03:36:07 pm

Jaspersharpe

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • 1B punter
  • Posts: 12344
  • Karma: +600/-20
  • Allez Oleeeve!
#188 Re: IT News
May 10, 2011, 03:16:14 pm
Perhaps it might be an idea for the ICO to check on whether or not proven liar Andrew Crossley is telling the truth about being skint!

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/367240/file-sharing-lawyer-avoids-big-ico-fine-because-hes-too-poor

 :-\

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#189 Re: IT News
May 17, 2011, 09:43:21 am
PC emulator written in Javascript (and running GNU/Linux)  :geek:

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder

tomtom

Online
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 20325
  • Karma: +647/-11
#191 Re: IT News
May 17, 2011, 12:03:21 pm
PC emulator written in Javascript (and running GNU/Linux)  :geek:

Thats neat. But what can you do with it?

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder

Will Hunt

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Superworm is super-long
  • Posts: 8171
  • Karma: +661/-121
    • Unknown Stones

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#195 Re: IT News
May 20, 2011, 07:17:17 am
Seen films of him climbing before, first I'd heard about using his tongue to "see" though.

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#196 Re: IT News
May 20, 2011, 04:47:50 pm

Iesu

Offline
  • ***
  • obsessive maniac
  • Posts: 474
  • Karma: +10/-3
#197 Re: IT News
May 20, 2011, 05:50:16 pm
OSX users beware

you'd have to be soft in the 'ead to install something about which you knew f' all and which even the most cursory of google searches would identify as a bad thing, surely?

cue jokes about mac os using "softies"!

fatdoc

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 4093
  • Karma: +100/-8
  • old and fearful
    • http://www.pincheswall.co.uk
#198 Re: IT News
May 20, 2011, 11:12:48 pm
OSX users beware

thanks.....

basically... whatever OS you are using... ignore what yr browser flags up. consider the risks yourself..

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#199 Re: IT News
May 21, 2011, 08:04:39 am
you'd have to be soft in the 'ead to install something about which you knew f' all and which even the most cursory of google searches would identify as a bad thing, surely?

Why do you think there are so many viruses, trojans, phishing scams, dodgy emails etc. etc.

Aside from M$ leaving firewalls wide-open by default and writing some dodgy email client that could be easily exploited its human behaviour that is the weak link in computer security.

Still trying to instill the idea in my wife that just because a box has appeared asking you if you want to do something, it doesn't mean that you click on "Yes" without understanding what it is your doing.  :wall:

 

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2024, SimplePortal