[Macpartners] IS&T's suggestions for safer computing - secure connections

[Albert Willis]

On Sep 20, 2004, at 2:20 PM, Carolyn Fuller wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> IS&T recently sent out 10 recommendations for "safer computing." One 
> of the suggestions is to always use secure connections. Among the 
> recommended secure connection methods they do not include Apple's 
> Personal File Sharing. Does this mean that it is not a secure method?
>
>
> ---
> Carolyn Fuller
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> Information Services and Technology
> Administrative Computing
> Senior Analyst/ Programmer
> (617) 253-6213
> http://fuller.mit.edu/

The short answer is that personal file sharing on Mac OS X is secure by 
default--passwords are encrypted. You also have the option to use SSH 
to encrypt the connection.

The 10 steps document was designed to be brief; it doesn't get into 
lots of detail.

Hope that helps.

   -- Al