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Computer Security

Computer Security and Alma?

So my first Assignment in my security class was to read Alma chapters 43, 49, 50 in the Book of Mormon.  Interesting to say the least.  How do these chapters apply to Computer Information Technology Security?  Well, I will tell you.
Alma 43:19 tells us about how Moroni prepared his people for battle.  Let’s say an attack on a computer or information system is like a batte in war.  If you are prepared beforehand, then ye shall not fear.
The beginning of Alma 49 talks about how the Nephite cities were fortified.  I would liken this to a firewall in a computer.  There are only certain points where entry or exits are allowed.
I know the scriptures can apply to all aspects of life, even Technology! 🙂

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Mac

Time Machine External Drives

So I got a great deal on a Maxtor One Touch 4: 1TB for 140.  I am no math wiz but isn’t that like 14 cents per gig.  I have to say, it was a good deal.  I bought this drive to replace my previous time machine backup drive.  One big problem with this.  It came preformated with the wrong filesystem.  Well, I had the hardest time with Disk Utility to format the drive to the correct format.  I kept getting errors when I wanted to format it to HFS or really anything but MS-DOS.  So after much google-ing, I finally just decided to delve into the old command line and just get it done.  That’s the great thing about a MAC is when all esle fails.  The Unix background of a MAC just enables you to just get it done. I chose to use the diskutil and erase the disk and format it to the Journaled HFS+ format which is the prefered for Time Machine.
Here’s the command to type into the terminal window:
diskutil eraseDisk JournaledHFS+ WhateverYouWantToCallYourNewDrive disk1
This seemed to work relatively fast as well.