I'd go for securing the location rather then the item. Once in they can take as long as they want removing the cables/loops, etc ( or, more usually, make a right fricking mess trying ).
If you can too, keep them out of view, at least no on window side desks. Yes, you'll lose the impressive vistas over<pretty bit of town> put if they can't see it they wont target it. Do you like dogs ? Damn good deterrent. D -----Original Message----- From: alex Sent: 19 July 2002 10:40 To: london.pm Cc: alex Subject: [OT] Physical Computer Security Ok ok, nothing to do with perl, sorry folks, A friend who lives a few miles away got burgled yesterday and lost her computer and other stuff. So I am re-evaluating the physical security of my computers in my house. (I also lost my PDA and phone last week when a driver left it at Kuala Lumpar airport, grrrr). Do people recommend those glue on rings and the equivalent of bike chains? ADT have been pestering me recently to pay for their monitored burglar alarm. (Installation free, but the telephone monitoring costs per month). Any suggestions folks? (I trust that this isn't inviting me to be burgled... is this mailing list archived publicly and would a burglar use it to find properties?) PS Sorry I missed the technical meeting last night - I see that Paul failed to persuade anyone to review the Peer to Peer book, or the Make your own Music Videos book :-) Alex McLintock Openweb Analysts Ltd, London. Software For Complex Websites http://www.OWAL.co.uk/ Open Source Software Companies please register here http://www.OWAL.co.uk/oss_support/ Visit our website at http://www.ubswarburg.com This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments.
