Meryl's Notes Blog

The recently released movie, Firewall, is about an executive who designed antitheft computer systems. This is a fictional movie, but the problems with firewalls are real. Some people innocently believe that having a firewall is enough. But it’s not. The current feature of February’s Shavlik Remediatory Security Digest shatters the firewall myths and explains what is needed.

Most of us have dealt with difficult managers and colleagues, and it isn’t always easy to work through the problems. The reader who asked last month’s question has been struggling, and we received reasonable and professional advice from readers. We hope this helps those who find themselves in this difficult situation.

Do you deal with computers that operate more like a tortoises than hares? This month’s question asks how to improve a computer’s performance. Users who are comfortable with computers might “over clean” their systems only to make things worse than before they started messing with them. We’re betting many of you are pros in fixing and speeding up computers, and we hope you share your secrets. Get all of this in the current Remediator Security Digest.

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