The Hindu Business Line : Outlook security

Nothing much can be said about security when you are using Outlook Express, the recent memories being that of the `I Love You ' virus attack which made the lives of OE clients miserable some time ago. Microsoft has always been quick to issue patches to cover up its bugs. It usually releases these patches on the Web. All you can do to keep your mails secure to the utmost extent is to keep a watch on these patches and update your OE as and when necessary.

Please check that you have 128-bit encryption on your system. For this, please go to the `help' menu of your browser and then click `about Internet Explorer.' A dialog box will pop up. Look for the word Cypher strength. The cypher strength ideally should be 128bit. If it is anything less than that, then click on the link displayed next to it to upgrade it to 128. Cipher Strength is a security feature in browsers which provides encryption of information being transmitted across the Internet.

Barring these security bugs, you can tweak your security to a great extent by applying file-level security to your mail box by using NTFS file system, for which you will have to have win2000 or XP as your primary OS.

G. Rajah

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