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Question:

Today on Fox News web site was an article about vulnerability to hackers of many free wi-fi internet systems that put travelers on vacation at risk when they use their computer on these systems. Since I’ll be doing that to log in to my home computer, I’m wondering if there are any security measures I can implement when using my laptop on vacation when logging in to my office from hotels, etc.?

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Question:

I have a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (a BES) or BlackBerry Professional Server (BPS). I need to prevent my users from browsing the web on their BlackBerry phones. How do I set up BlackBerry Internet monitoring and filtering?

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Summary

I had been using the AT&T (SBC) services for both phone and Internet. But since the Internet was slow (DSL with no speed upgrades available for my area), I upgraded to Comcast phone/Internet since cable Internet speeds are so much better.

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Question:

We need Full WiFi Internet Accessibility in our high school. Most of our students bring their laptops to school, but are not able to connect to the Net on the benches in front of the school on a warm day. In the library, only about three laptops can connect at any one time. Many students who do gain access to the Internet then lock up bandwidth by downloading music, accessing chatrooms or viewing non-educational sites and blacklisting websites does not seem to work.

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