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Practical Tips for Password Security

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In this digital age, passwords are just like valued currency and should be set with great care to prevent an unauthorized access to confidential data. This new world is digitally connected and allows an easy transfer of data from one network to another. Where this advancement has made our lives quicker and easier, it has also increased the risk of data leakage.

To protect the sensitive information contained by online accounts, passwords are set. But the problem is that hackers are efficient enough to crack the passwords and obtain desired information. To prevent this activity, the only solution is to strengthen the password security so nobody will be able to break the lock. [Read more…]

DKIM Signing With Office 365

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Do you know about DKIM (Domain Keys Identified Mail)? It is a digital signature of the sender that is linked with the email so the receiving server can identify it and associate it with the sender. This removes any doubt about the authenticity of the message, otherwise, the message is considered as a spam. This helps securing email delivery system and keeps the cybercrime at bay. BRILLIANT! [Read more…]

Firefox sync server with ownCloud

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You might know what ownCloud is, that ownCloud is extremely easy to set up. This article is about Firefox Sync, the new service of Mozilla Firefox.

There’s a plugin available that creates a ‘wave’ server, that’s the protocol used to sync Firefox. Witht his plugin you’ll be able to sync firefox with your own server and your other devices.

This plugin enables you to sync your passwords, bookmarks and settings to all your devices that run Firefox (Android, Winodws, Linux and Mac OS if you will).

Steps

Here we go:

  1. Download the plugin (http://apps.owncloud.com/content/show.php/?content=155251) and put it in the app-dir (/var/www/owncloud/apps).
  2. Don’t forget to change the permissions (depending on your webserver, with me it was www-data:www-data with 755).
  3. Log in on your ownCloud installation and go to Apps (in the upper-right menu), enable “Mozilla Sync Service“
  4. Edit your own account and fill out your email address.
  5. Copy the URL that appears at the bottom of the page (see image)
  6. Open Firefox and go to sync settings (firefox-button->sync), choose ‘new account’. Fill out the details according to your personal page in ownCloud.
  7. Click Next.
  8. Magic

Adding other devices

After setting this up, you can add other devices, follow the instructions in this video to do so:

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/video/?video=fx4-sync-instructions