On Thursday 02 December 2004 21:30, Simon Roberts wrote: > > From: "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ... > > > On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:26, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > Maybe I'm paranoid, but after that experience we don't allow her > > > Windows box contact with anything outside her room. > > > > You are;) Confined to the LAN can't really hurt can it, especially with > > static IP and a dedicated router/firewall. > > I broadly agree that if you have a simple firewall (the typical NAT setup > is probably enough) between your windows and the big bad world, you're not > going to be too badly off. But, and it's a big but, the thing this doesn't > address is the horrors of "ordinary users" using email and web-browsing. > These horrors are compounded by the default configuration of many of the > tools they use (notably IE and Outlook). These things will, by default, > download and execute various things you probably didn't want. This is > compounded by the average user's response to the typical security warning > which they read as:
Which is why one should confine them to the LAN-only. At least that way they can share files locally. With DHCP turned off and the configured gateway pointing to some other box that isn't really a gateway.....you'll be safe enough;) >snipped< -- Good luck, HarM
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