More states requiring data protection

Two more states, Nevada and Massachusetts have recently passed laws requiring the protection of personal information, joining several others with similar laws.  We can argue the validity of legislating common sense, but whether you protect confidential data because you should, or because you have to, there are now more states with laws that require it.  Obviously Astaro's email encryption can help with secure transmission, but in some cases there is a lot more to these laws than email encryption.  The detail and specificity of the laws varies widely, Nevada's is basically one sentence, Massachusetts' is three-plus pages- so you need to review the applicable laws and consult with your legal counsel to make sure you are covering yourself.

Web Filtering for the Pizza Guy?

In an article titled "Car shows porn on dashboard display"...

Nevermind, I can't add to that.  A new market for content filtering, the pizza delivery fleet.

Road Trip to Day-Con II

The Astaro-sponsored road trip to the Day-Con II is history, we saw a lot of great presentations and the whole thing was great fun.  Members of the Security Twits group and the Boston chapter of NAISG made the trip from Boston to Washington, DC, to Dayton, Ohio, and back- for a very good event.  There are lots of photos here, and more info on my personal blog.

There may be more such trips in the future, keep an eye out here for details.

Ohio Linux Fest and Road Trip update

Astaro is a proud sponsor of the Ohio Linux Fest, an outstanding event now in its sixth year.  The OLF will be held at the Convention Center in downtown Columbus, Ohio on October 10-11.

Since we will passing through Columbus on the 10th and 12th, we will be able to include people headed for the Ohio Linux Fest in the Astaro Road Trip to Day-Con II.  If you would like to join us or for more information on the trip , please let me know- jdaniel [at] astaro.com

Viscosity OpenVPN Client for Mac

I found an interesting blog post on using the Viscosity OpenVPN client on Mac computers for connecting to Astaro Gateways.  We often recommend Tunnelblick for Mac users who want a nice OpenVPN GUI client to use with their Astaro systems, but this looks like a good alternative for some users.

Note that Viscosity is a "public beta" project, so consider that when deploying it.  It is not Open Source, and it will probably cost about $9.00 when it is in general release, but it is free at this time.

Tunnelblick is both free and Open Source, it is now a Google Code project.