Must be a bad HF propagation day! Folks, All of the 'Old DOS computers' threads are now all closed due to the excessive number OT postings. Please, lets get back to Elecraft related topics and take a breather form OT overload.
Eric Moderator elecraft.com _..._ > On Jun 29, 2021, at 1:37 AM, Dave B via Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > wrote: > > If anyone thinks a "New" PC out of the box, is "secure"? > > Think again, they are far from secure, unless you spend several hours > disabling a lot of "phone home" & auto update facilities in all the > pre-installed (and usually unwanted) crap-ware (sometimes including parts of > the OS itself) that are often nigh on impossible to un-install. > > If you want "security" never connect it to any network, certainly never the > internet! > > If you do use the internet, then at the very least disable UPnP in your > gateway/router device. And keep said gateway/router device firmware > up-to-date (and ensure that UPnP is OFF after such updates!) > > And as for efficency... Have you measured the power consumed by a modern PC > when watching streamed video for example? > > Much of the older technology was built for reliability too, not the cheap > mass produced lead free tin whisker prone stuff of modern times. Dont > either fall into the trap that SSD's last forever. They wear out too, but in > different ways. > > Best to use a SSD to boot from (largely read only) but keep the swap file and > user working data on a rotating-rust drive. Archives can go on the SSD (as > well as an off site store...) > > I wonder if the Linux based OS in the K4 is locked down, firewall on and > configured to drop incoming requests by default, with certificate only based > remote access for example where needed, and full (different certificate) > authentication when/if it phones home to Elecraft, to help mitigate MITM > spoofing issues. (Man In The Middle.) > > If you can "see" it (or any other PC/device) on your network, it(they) > is(are) not secure. > > You wouldn't want your shack to be compromised by malware in the radio, or > lightbulb! (Yes, there is malware/ransomware for Linux, not common yet, but > nasty.) > > 73. > > Dave G8KBV. > > >> On 29/06/2021 02:34, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: >> yet they keep old PC?s that are not very efficient at all, nor are they >> secure. It just defies logic ! > > -- > Created on and sent from a Unix like PC running and using free and open > source software: > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to eric.swa...@elecraft.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
