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 ====== IT Security: Passwords and Patching ====== ====== IT Security: Passwords and Patching ======
  
-Provided some attention is paid to keeping your system up-to-date, the security of IT systems and Internet communications is good.  This has made a hacker's life different to the early days.  They must now be a confidence trickster if they wish to easily gain access to your valuable information.  It is far easier to persuade you (often unknowingly) to give the information away than it is to do the complex coding and mathematics required to steal it without your permission.  A good analogy is the modern motorcar, most of which are now stolen using the original keys as their engine immobilisers make very difficult any other way.+Provided some attention is paid to keeping your system up-to-date, the security of IT systems and Internet communications is good.  This has made a hacker's life different to the early days.  They must now be a confidence trickster if they wish to easily gain access to your valuable information.  It is far easier to persuade you (often unknowingly) to give the information away than it is to do the complex coding and mathematics required to steal it without your permission.  A good analogy is the modern motorcar, most of which are now stolen using the original keys as their engine immobilisers make it very difficult any other way.
  
-<note tip>As a general rule of thumb; **if it seems too good to be true, it is!**  You won't inherit unexpected money, obtain tax refunds, get cheap drugs, find questionable pictures of your neighbour or grown any of your bodily appendages without there being some undesirable side-effect...</note>+<note tip>As a general rule of thumb; **if it seems too good to be true, it is!**  You won't inherit unexpected money, obtain tax refunds, get cheap drugs, find questionable pictures of your neighbour or grow any of your bodily appendages without there being some undesirable side-effect...</note>
  
 ===== Passwords ===== ===== Passwords =====
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 When Oracle issue a new Java release an icon will appear in the notification area, as shown below: When Oracle issue a new Java release an icon will appear in the notification area, as shown below:
  
-{{:tech:java_update.jpg|Oracle Java Update Tray Icon}}+{{:tech:java_update.jpg|Oracle Java Update Windows XP Tray Icon}} {{:tech:java_win7.png?200|Oracle Java Update Windows 7 Notification Icon}}
  
-Clicking on the icon will begin the update process.  You can also manually check you are running the latest Java version by visiting http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp and clicking the **Verify Java version** button.+Clicking on the icon will begin the update process.  Apart from declining the bundled //extras// (currently the Ask search engine browser toolbar) the process is straightforward.  A restart of your computer is not normally required but any open web browser windows may need closing. 
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 +You can also manually check you are running the latest Java version by visiting http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp and clicking the **Verify Java version** button.
  
 ==== Ubuntu ==== ==== Ubuntu ====
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 If you are using a portable machine the automatic check will be skipped when running on battery.  You can always run Update Manager manually and click the **Check** button to check for any available updates. If you are using a portable machine the automatic check will be skipped when running on battery.  You can always run Update Manager manually and click the **Check** button to check for any available updates.
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 +===== See Also =====
 +  * [[sigma:how_to]]
 +  * [[sigma:contact]]