Archive for the ‘Security’ tag
2 Free Tools to Hide, Protect and Share your email on the Web
Sharing your personal/business email address in Twitter, public forums, Craigslist, Gumtree, Social Networks, Chat rooms, Blogs, etc., might expose your email to some spam robots and email harvesters constantly browsing these sites to collect new victim emails. Today, we’ll bring a brief review of two useful free online tools that help you to protect your email address from these security and privacy risks. Let’s review scr.im and emailcover.
scr.im is an online service that allows you to convert your email address into a short, cute and safe link you can share anywhere on the web.
How does it work?
Step1
Type your email address
Step2
Select the url you want for the scr.im link
Step3
Start sharing your email account everywhere you want safely with your new scr.im link
Visit the Official Website: http://scr.im/
Emailcover provides this free service which hides your email address in a CAPTCHA image to help prevent spam email being sent to your email address. This dynamically created image never looks exactly the same, making it just a little harder for spam bots!
How does it work?
Step1
Type your email address
Step2
Get your CAPTCHA image and share it with confidence anywhere you want
Visit the Official Website: http://www.emailcover.com/
OpenDNS: Make your home/business network safer, faster and more reliable!
One of the biggest concerns for every professional, small business owner, student and even for any family, is how safe is their personal/business data on the network, or how reliable is their internet access and safety when someone tries to access harmful websites. It is always useful to set your security options in your router or DNS Server and install an anti virus in your computers. Today, we’ll provide a brief review about OpenDNS, a free security tool that will bring extra protection to your network at home or personal business. Let’s review OpenDNS.
According with the Official Website, OpenDNS is the leading provider of free security and infrastructure services that make the Internet safer through integrated Web content filtering, anti-phishing and DNS. OpenDNS services enable consumers and network administrators to secure their networks from online threats, reduce costs and enforce Internet-use policies. OpenDNS is used today by millions of users and organizations around the world.. OpenDNS is a free service that works for networks of all sizes, from home networks to K-12 schools, SMBs and large enterprises. Learn more about how OpenDNS can benefit you by selecting your network type on the left.
What are some of the benefits of using OpenDNS?
Security
- Industry-leading anti-phishing protects everyone on your network from fraudulent phishing scams
- Award-winning Web content filtering gives you the power to block up to 50 categories of content
- Detailed statistics empower you to understand your network traffic and spot trends before they become problems
Infrastructure
- OpenDNS globally distributed network makes Web sites load noticeably faster on your network
- Anycast routing technology makes your Internet more reliable, freeing you of intermittent outages
Navigation
- Browser Shortcuts let your users map a short term to a long URL via the address bar
- Typo correction auto-corrects the most common typos in top-level domains
- OpenDNS Guide provides helpful search results when your users try to visit a Web site that isn’t resolving
For more information about the services and configuration, watch a short video here
Visit the Official Website: http://www.opendns.com/
