u/mzuchows1

I have been teaching myself about the "domain name system" settings this week to try and stop the popup ads and other web junk on the Edge browser. I was reading a computer blog that mentioned a tool called Microsoft Sentinel that watches your network for cyber attacks. Seems like a good security layering for my laptop.

I logged into my Outlook but I cannot find the download button for it anywhere. Is this something I can install on my Windows laptop to watch my home wifi, or do I need to buy a different router?

I am slowly getting the hang of IP addresses and how my computer talks to the internet gateway, but now I am looking into the MS Sentinel and figuring out if its any good for my "privacy stack"

What is a sweetspot for firewall settings to not go full North Korean mode but still have a secure system foundation? Seems like having everything cranked up to the max just breaks half of my apps. Some are kinda old from Windows 7 era, so maybe thats it, yet it works fine if I keep the default firewall switches on

Basically, want my apps to stay safe but limit outbound connections and the ones that could come in without halting my apps. Outbound rules is a foggy forest I'm stuck on right now but been sweating over the public and private profile settings. I might have messed something up on those steps

Anyone got something to suggest in that regard? I know my way around settings, or if somethings not clear, I can look it up but not sure what sweetspot to pick if it is even possible without antivirus tools being in the security setting mix

An app called Canvas had an outage that disrupted a whole lot of college students access to assignments and exams during finals week. Many left unable to submit critical assignments on time. Some sort of school system kids use to learn with basically had bricked itself.

How should universities balance tech reliability and school deadlines when a system outage puts students at a major set back? Like you get everything sharp and on point only to realize your school probably had to ask YOU on how to fix their systems that are grading you. Even thinking about healthcare and tech becoming closer buddies makes you think of hacks like these..

Anyways, do you think students should get extra time for prepping school work, or extra retakes? School wasnt able to ensure their system integrity, so why would a student suffer?

I get some oppertunist student might exploit such times, yet at the end of the day, why can't schools actually have sound data protection? My kids first data breach is gonna be the damn school, huh?