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Piano Chords and fingering, and video course
One of the first problem, when starting to play piano chords, is where to put the fingers. What is the best way? How the hand should be placed? The following list provides links to information sources. I have collected various … Continue reading
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Continuous Security Monitoring, new draft by NIST
NIST has produced an interesting set of drafts related to Continuous Monitoring(CM). Continuous Monitiring here can be explained by sentence: “Continuous security monitoring is a risk management approach to Cybersecurity that maintains a picture of an organization’s security posture, provides … Continue reading
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Tip, Tune your Firefox security settings
In addition to your antivirus and firewall protection, one should consider Browser security. In firefox , there are several settings related to security. At minimum, one should check security and privacy configurations. Security Settings Open Menu -> Tools -> Options, … Continue reading
Tip, personal online file storage by using your home computer
One can create online storage for personal use by using the following tools: freeftpd WinSCP dynamic dns service (for example dyndns) and a client Steps Step 1 Configure sftp server, userid and directory in freeftpd. One can run freeftpd as … Continue reading
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Calibre, portable tool for reading ebooks
Calibre is good alternative for reading E-books on Windows. It supports both epub and pdf formats. The figure below shows some free books downloaded from internet sources. Some sources for e-books: Project Gutenberg ManyBooks Links: e-book formats epub Digital … Continue reading
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Risks and recommendation for smartphone users, report by ENISA
ENISA has published a report called “Smartphones: Information security risks, opportunities and recommendations for users”, which is good reading for smartphone security issues. 10 different risks are evaluated: R1 Data leakage R2 Improper decommissioning R3 Unintentional data disclosure R4 Phishing … Continue reading
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Test: android device connection to ad-hoc wifi
Introduction Android tablets, like Creative Ziio, support wireless connection to WIFI access points, but not to ad-hoc networks. However, with other portable devices like laptops and mobile phones, it might not be possible setup an access point, but an ad-hoc … Continue reading