On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 11:22:34AM -0500, Bennett Todd wrote:
> 1999-11-03-18:46:51 Gao, Sean Xiang:
> > Anybody knows any information about how to secure laptops?
> Secure them _against_what_?
> Against some threats, locking them in a vault is a great protection.
> For some jobs, it's nice to have one of those cable lock gizmos.
And keep a real close eye on them going through airport security
checks.
> I like to have Linux as the only OS on my laptop, and I weed out all the
> unneeded services, and add a nice ipchains based packet filtering script.
Judging by the number of Windows laptops which were noticed
sharing out their entire hard drives in the IETF terminal room at the
Orlando IETF conference last year, I was REALLY GLAD I was one of the
ones running Linux. About half the laptops were running non-Windows
operating systems, Linux, Solaris (sparc-books), Solaris x86, *BSD, etc.
At the very least, using a laptop at a show "E-Mail garden" or
terminal room calls for extrodinary, and non-obvious, measures since
you are exposing yourself to indeterminant risks. At least the IETF
tends to be non-hostile (till you get into heated debates in the Working
groups, where things occasionally get "in your face" hostile. :-) ).
The though of the exposure at a trade show where anyone
could be sniffing or scanning is really scary.
> If you're worried about the computer being stolen and the contents of its hard
> drive read, a crypto filesystem is probably the best call. Which one would
> depend on exactly how you want to access it. Think backups here.
> -Bennett
Mike
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