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Need help? Ask questions - help someone - read my blog & win one of 3 XBox 360’s

Looking for some help on some troublesome IT isssues? Post your question on IT Knowledge Exchange. Maybe take some time to read through some of the questions on ITKE. Provide an answer or even improve answers already given or give some discussion feedback. By doing these things with other IT peers, you could just win one of three XBox 360’s to be given away in April.

While you are her on ITKE, why not take some time, read through a few of my blog postings, maybe there is something there that would be of value to you or someone else you know. Send your fellow IT peers to ITKE. Make this the best free online support community and a one-stop shop for getting the support you need for those IT issues we each face every day.

Some of my blogs that will hopefully be of interest to you include:

What did I just do with my contacts list? - Social Engineering/Networking & contact list scraping

Network speed & capacity are NOT the same

Financial crisis due to poor risk understanding & management - IT security next?

Nifty tools for tracking down that “interesting” network traffic

PROTOCOL analysis vs protocol analysis (with a small p)

Good luck with the contest! Stay tuned for more and thanks for reading. Let’s continue to be good network citizens together.

What did I just do with my contacts list? - Social Engineering/Networking & contact list scraping

A recent article in the Windows Secrets newsletter titled Viral Inviters Want Your E-mail Contact List raised some fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) in my mind. Sometimes we use FUD as a term of derision, but in this case it might be warranted suspicion. How many times have you registered on a social networking website and get prompted to contact all of your contacts to join you there? Sounds simple and painless, right? Maybe not painless… simple it is for sure. Just be wary of what you click on and accept on these social networking websites. Warn your contacts about the same and create some type of notice you can send back to them when you receive an invitation that came through their interaction with such a social networking website.

Thanks for reading & let’s continue to be good network citizens.