Enable Leopard's Off-By-Default Firewall

Computer security firm publication Heise criticizes Mac OS X Leopard for shipping without its firewall enabled by default like Windows Vista and advises users to turn it on. To do so, in System Preferences' Security area either block all incoming connections or set explicit exceptions for services that can communicate through the firewall, like file or screen sharing, as shown. (More on that in an upcoming post.)

Holes in Leopard's firewall [CNET]

Does anyone remember XP lauch having the firewall off. Hmm, sounds almost like a windows problem!!! Haha, just shows that not even apple is perfect!!

Create Strong Passwords with Password Hasher

Firefox only: Create strong passwords with Password Hasher, a Firefox extension that automatically generates unique passwords based on the destination. Unlike previously mentioned PwdHash, Password Hasher has integrated functionality (the "Bump" button) that assigns version numbers to passwords. It also consolidates passwords for domains, which is particularly useful if you use the same login across several subdomains on the same main site. Finally, save portable versions of the HTML so that you can generate your hash words on any machine without requiring the Password Hasher extension itself. Password Hasher is a free download, works wherever Firefox does.
Password Hasher [Firefox Add-ons]

Nice program if you are concerned with online passwords!! Only use this if you intend to keep your password file backuped!!