Questions tagged [privacy]

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Why does Google Apps Mail leak IP address? How do I disable it?

When sending via Google Apps Mail client the message will include a 'X-Originating-IP' header. But when sending via Gmail and using the SMTP send-mail-as option it will not leak the ip address. (Yes it goes through the proper Google Apps account…
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For the .com TLD, is there any known change tracking for WhoIs information?

A client exposed information regarding what will become a controversial website in the domain WhoIs after she purchased it from auction. Is there any whois cache that will detect, save, and share the old whois information for that domain, after it…
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Windows: disable remote access of local drive, even by domain admin

We have a network of Windows 7 PCs that are managed as part of a domain. What we want is for the domain admin to be unable to view the PC's local drive (C:) unless he is physically at the PC. In other words, no remote desktop and no ability to use…
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What is your email retention policy?

Drafting up an email retention policy for our MS Exchange 2003 system. Curious as to what other people have as a policy -- how many days to keep online, delete, etc. Thanks!
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Windows 200x Server - User Group vs User privilege conflict

I have denied to a specific user to write on a file. Unfortunately this user is a member of a User Group which have the privilege to write on this file. So there is a conflict between User vs. User-Group privileges. Which one will prevail here?
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Secure Exchange mailboxes

We have a Exchange server which has 50 mailboxes on it. The senior directors of the company(About 5 mailboxes) want their mailboxes to be ultra secure and therefor do not want the administrator to be able to take control of their mailboxes to view…
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On demand new IPv6 using privacy extension?

Enabling Privacy Extension (net.ipv6.conf.eth0.use_tempaddr=2 in /etc/sysctl.conf) for IPv6 gives me a new IP address for a fixed period of time, is there a way to get a new IPv6 on demand? i.e. refresh a new IPv6 when needed?
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Managing server certificates for wildcard

I have a wildcard certificate for *.example.com (signed by GeoTrust) and am going to host lots of application instances on different servers, each on my subdomain. I am not willing to copy my OpenSSL private key to every customer. How do I use my…
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Securing Exchange Mailboxes from Nosy Admins

This is admittedly a duplicate of this question: Secure Exchange mailboxes In short, how can Microsoft Exchange 2010 be configured such that email is only visible to the owner of that mailbox, and perhaps the owner/CEO of the organization? The…
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Host network injecting resets into my TCP connection?

I'm trying to figure out whether the host network I am on is injecting TCP Resets into my VPN connection. I have a personal OpenVPN server, and recently my attempts to connect over TCP port 1194 have been strangely interrupted by TCP reset messages,…
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GPO - Block 3rd party cookies for IE 8

I am trying to find some settings in GPOs that explicitly say, "Block 3rd Party cookies" in IE. I am looking under policies>admin template>windows components>IE> IE control panel>Security page. Should I look elsewhere for these? I don't really…
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SSL certificate fields and personal address

Is it possible to get the address of the business that a SSL certificate is registered to? I know you can get the City and State directly from the certificate. I ask because I'm thinking about getting an SSL certificate, but I only have my home…
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If I block users with a blank IP address, will that affect innocent, non-technical users?

I run a website with an anonymous commenting feature. Users can flag each other for abuse; flags are tied to an IP address (grabbed via PHP from $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']). I've noticed that 99% of the flags are for a blank IP. I'm thinking of putting…
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Personally identifiable information (PII) on shared web hosting

Hey folks, I am providing web hosting services (shared and dedicated) and have had one of my shared hosting clients mention needing an SSL cert for their site where they are collecting insurance quotes in a form, including names and social security…
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WHOIS privacy help

How do I protect my identy from whois? If someone whois's my domain name, it reveals my name, address etc etc. How do I hide this?
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