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What Is Encryption?

Protecting valuable information has been a problem since the dawn of civilization. Romans used codes called ciphers to protect information they sent by courier. This is called encryption, and we use it with digital information every day. So what is encryption and how does it work?

Published by Lee Clemmer (7,746 pts

) on Jun 9, 2009 to
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Virtual Private Networks in Buiness Environments: Windows Vista

Virtual Private Networks use protocols to tunnel data from a client computer to a host computer by encrypting it. Read on to discover how to configure a VPN connection in Windows Vista.

Published by Steve Mallard (12,177 pts

) on May 8, 2009 to
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Virtual Private Networks in Business Environments: Windows XP

Virtual Private Networks use protocols to tunnel data from a client computer to a host computer by encrypting it. Windows XP Professional is one of Microsoft's most stable operating systems. VPNs allow further security to your business environment allowing the secure transmission of data.

Published by Steve Mallard (12,177 pts

) on Apr 15, 2009 to
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Virtual Private Networks in Business Environments: Apple Mac

Virtual Private Networks use protocols to tunnel data from a client computer to a host computer by encrypting it. Apple Mac is a widely used operating system. This operating system was included because of its growing popularity. VPNs allow further security to your business environment.

Published by Steve Mallard (12,177 pts

) on Apr 15, 2009 to
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Using Cipher to Encrypt Your Database and Data on your Hard Drive

Need to encrypt data with Windows? Included with Windows XP and Vista is the cipher command. This command line prompt utility included with these operating systems allows you to not only encrypt your databases, files and other information; but allows for the protection of free space on your drive.

Published by Steve Mallard (12,177 pts

) on Mar 31, 2009 to
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Security Tips For Transporting Data

Need to back up some data for a business trip, consider using an encrypted thumb drive

Published by Peter_Suciu (4,261 pts

) on Oct 24, 2008 to
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Encryption Isn’t Really so Cryptic Part I

The root of encryption goes back centuries, long before anyone even considered the notion of a “thinking machine.”

Published by Peter_Suciu (4,261 pts

) on Sep 23, 2008 to
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What Is Encryption?

Virtual Private Networks in Buiness Environments: Windows Vista

Virtual Private Networks in Business Environments: Windows XP

Virtual Private Networks in Business Environments: Apple Mac

Using Cipher to Encrypt Your Database and Data on your Hard Drive

Security Tips For Transporting Data

Encryption Isn’t Really so Cryptic Part I