Computer Clinic - January

Computer Clinic SIG will meet Jan 28^th at 10am

This meeting will be devoted to security on the Internet. We will cover new products that help with avoiding identify theft, use of secure passwords and use of public computers.

Consider the following issues:

First, how can you prove who you are to a distant website? How can you help a website avoid imposters that claim to be you?

Second, how can you make yourself use big, ugly secure passwords? It is well known that complex passwords should be safer but they are useless if you can't remember what they are.

Third, did you know it can be dangerous to use public computers (such as hotel “business centers”) for personal business? These can be infested with malware that records your userids and passwords as you browse the web.

We will cover new products that tackle these problems at the January Computer Clinic Special Interest
Group meeting.