Howard Lowndes wrote:
I have been asked to set up multiple LANs with Internet access in what I
consider to be a hostile environment - a private uni student dorm
complex.
Basically it will be Linux gateways with most probably Winblows or Mac
boxes on the LANs.
As far as possible I will be locating
I have been asked to set up multiple LANs with Internet access in what I
consider to be a hostile environment - a private uni student dorm
complex.
That's about as hostile as you get! A lot of intelligent (generally!)
people with too much time on their hands.
I'm told that most of them are
I have been asked to set up multiple LANs with Internet access in what I
consider to be a hostile environment - a private uni student dorm
complex.
Basically it will be Linux gateways with most probably Winblows or Mac
boxes on the LANs.
As far as possible I will be locating the gateway boxes in
On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 04:55:36AM +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote:
3. Locked cases with no CD or floppy - how can I prevent USB drives
being attached without disabling the USB bus in the BIOS. My thinking
here is that I will use the USB bus to connect to the Internet modem and
the Ethernet
On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 04:55 +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote:
I have been asked to set up multiple LANs with Internet access in what I
consider to be a hostile environment - a private uni student dorm
complex.
That's about as hostile as you get! A lot of intelligent (generally!)
people with too
Hi Howard,
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Howard Lowndes wrote:
I have been asked to set up multiple LANs with Internet access in what I
consider to be a hostile environment - a private uni student dorm
complex.
1. BIOS password has very limited effect.
2. GRUB password to prevent editing the GRUB boot
Not that I deal with that stuff, but here at work they sell Astaro
(www.astaro.com.au) it is a commercial package.
It's a firewall/gateway/email gateway/proxy/virus filter/analysis
tool/integrated snort and much more. It's essentially a Linux system
(software) with a nice and easy to use web
On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 09:49, Simon Wong wrote:
On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 04:55 +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote:
I have been asked to set up multiple LANs with Internet access in what I
consider to be a hostile environment - a private uni student dorm
complex.
That's about as hostile as you get!
Howard Lowndes wrote:
3. Locked cases with no CD or floppy - how can I prevent USB drives
I would expand this idea and just put the whole lot into a locked tool
box. My local tool shop sells very economical tool boxen of all sizes.
So you could plonk the complete computer case into the boxen
