DoorStop X User's Guide - Accessing the Book, the Blog & Twitter </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#990033" VLINK="#000000"> <CENTER> <P><TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD VALIGN="TOP"> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="5" COLOR="#8E1B26"><IMG SRC="images/clear.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="15"></FONT></B><BR> <IMG SRC="images/DSXDSLogo.jpg"> </CENTER></TD> <TD VALIGN="BOTTOM"> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="5" COLOR="#8E1B26"><IMG SRC="images/clear.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="20"><BR> DoorStop X Firewall<BR> User's Guide<BR> <IMG SRC="images/clear.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="10"><BR> </FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000">Accessing the Book, the Blog & Twitter</FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="images/clear.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="10"></B> </CENTER></TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP"><IMG SRC="images/DSXODLogo.jpg"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </P> </CENTER> <p><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="2">Open Door Networks security book, <i>Internet Security for Your Macintosh and iPhone</i> (written by Alan Oppenheimer and Charles Whitaker, both of Open Door Networks); its associated blog, <b><a href="http://www.isfym.com">isfym.com</a></b>; its associated Twitter stream, <b><a href="http://twitter.com/isfym/">http://twitter.com/isfym/</a></b>; and its <b><a href="http://www.isfym.com/top10/">"Top 10"</a></b> list, are integrated into <b><a href="http://www.opendoor.com/doorstop/">DoorStop X Firewall</a></b> and Who's There Firewall Advisor. The book contains a wealth of security information for Macintosh users, and its integration with these products helps you learn about and understand the details and underlying issues associated with securing your Mac. The blog provides important up-to-date information on the fast changing world of Internet security, the twitter stream has even more immediate security information, and the "Top 10" list provides a simplified set of important security action items. The book, blog, twitter stream and list can be accessed in a number of ways.</font></p> <P> </P> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2"><B><A NAME="Browse"></A>Browsing</B></FONT></P> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">First, <i>Internet Security for Your Macintosh and iPhone</i> can be browsed from the Book menu. From the Book menu, choose a chapter and then a section of the book. Who's There? will invoke your default Web browser, and have it open to the specified section. <br><br> Second, the blog and twitter stream can be browsed from the News menu. You can also search the blog and Top 10 list for any particular topic by choosing "Search Security Blog..." from the News menu, or you can go right to the blog by choosing "Visit Security Blog." Results are again displayed in your default Web browser. </FONT></P> <P> </P> <P><B><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">The "Top 10" list</FONT></B></P> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">"Internet Security for Your Macintosh: The Top 10" can be browsed from the News menu. Simply select "Security Top 10" and Who's There? will invoke your default Web browser, and have it open to the list. Even if you don't have much time to spend with the book or the blog, it's important from a security perspective that you spend a few minutes reviewing the list periodically (it's updated as security priorities change over time).</FONT></P> <P> </P> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2"><B><A NAME="Specific"></A>Information on a specific service</B></FONT></P> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">Information from the book on most specific services can also be displayed. Whenever a specific service has been specified, Who's There? can have your default browser display an index of entries in the book that relate to the service. Specifying a service means any of the following:</FONT></P> <UL> <LI><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">Select a line in the Access History window</FONT> <LI><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">Select a line in the lower pane of the Summary by IP Address window</FONT> <LI><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">Select a line in the upper pane of the Summary by Service window</FONT> <LI><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">Open the Service Info window for a service</FONT> </UL> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">Once a service has been specified, an index of relevant entries in the book can be displayed by:</FONT></P> <UL> <LI><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">Choosing "View eBook" from the Book menu</FONT> <LI><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">Typing Cmd-E</FONT> <LI><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">If you're in the Service Info window, clicking the "eBook" button</FONT> </UL> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">The index display appears as shown in Figure 1.</FONT></P> <CENTER> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2"><IMG SRC="images/DSXeBook.jpg" WIDTH="792" HEIGHT="468"></FONT></P> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">Figure 1. Information on a specific service</FONT></P> </CENTER> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">The index is displayed on the left of the browser window, along with the service name and icon. The index entry for the currently displayed topic is in bold black, and the content is on the right. If there is nothing in the book that corresponds to a service, you'll see a list of passages that relate to unknown services.</FONT></P> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">At the bottom of the list on the left will also be a link that can be used to perform a Google search of the blog and Top 10 list for entries relating to the selected service. See Figure 2. The results will be displayed in the section at the right. Alternately, if you want to search the blog and list directly, you can choose "Search Security Blog..." from the Book menu. The search will be automatically set up for the selected service, although you can change the search using the dialog box if you'd like. Then just click OK.</FONT></P> <CENTER> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2"><IMG SRC="images/DSXBlogSearch.jpg" WIDTH="191" HEIGHT="50"></FONT></P> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">Figure 2. The left-side link for searching the blog about the particular service</FONT></P> </CENTER> <P> </P> <P><B><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">The standalone version of <I>Internet Security for Your Macintosh and iPhone</I></FONT></B></P> <P><I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2">Internet Security for Your Macintosh and iPhone</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2"> is also available as a standalone product with features that make the book even more useful. Available <B><A HREF="http://www.opendoor.com/isfym/">separately</A></B> or as part of the <B><A HREF="http://www.opendoor.com/doorstopsuite/">DoorStop X Security Suite</A></B>, the standalone version is a PDF document with a hot-linked table of contents and index. You can utilize a number of advanced PDF features with the standalone book, such as the ability to search the entire document at once for a given term, and the ability to print out specific sections.</FONT></P> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2"> <HR> </FONT></P> <P><FONT FACE="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" SIZE="2"><IMG SRC="images/ArrowLeft.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="middle" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"> <B><A HREF="../DSXUsersGuide.html">Back to Table of Contents<BR> </A></B><IMG SRC="images/ArrowLeft.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="middle" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"> <B><A HREF="DSXTips.html">Back to Configuration Tips<BR> </A></B><IMG SRC="images/ArrowRight.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="middle" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"> <B><A HREF="DSXLogging.html">Forward to Logging</A></B></FONT></P> </BODY> </HTML>