Re: [Way OT] Workstation Security
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texte = Donovan,I hear ya' ;) Ok, cool, I'm satisfied that I've taken reasonable measures to protect my/my clients' data. And as far as my Bond-esque qualities....well, I've thought about 'spy-stuff' since I was a kid...what can I say ;)Thanks,-Dan ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 ------------------------------------------------------------On Sun, 08 Dec 2002 11:10:11 -0600 Donovan Brooke
wrote: >Dan, I think you've been watching too many >James Bond movies. :-) > >Seriously, I would think that most ppl willing to break in to a place will not >be smart enough to extract info from a HD. If you must protect against it, I would >suggest a user based machine like NT, *nix, or OSX. (OSX has a lockable case and >can be chained to a desk). This probably doesn't help you much I know. > >However, it sounds like you are taking pertinant measures by the things you mentioned. > >You could always put a trip wire infront of the door or window that triggers a sleep agent >gas to be eminated through the room. This would be cool cause you could interigate >the guy later when he woke up. > >Donovan > > > > >Dan Strong wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >>All apologies ahead of time for yet another OT post, but you folks are >>usually pretty helpful in general... >> >>I've decided to move my office out of the house and into a 'real' >>office and I feel that my/my clients stuff is reasonably secure enough >>from 'outside' intrusions to let me sleep at night (I have a firewall, >>I turn off the computer at night, box is not on a LAN, etc.). But now >>I have to consider that my box will be vulnerable from a physical >>intrusion that I wouldn't be able to prevent by being there like I can >>when I'm at home. >> >>I will obviously lock my office door when I'm gone, I've enabled >>password-protection in BIOS to not allow the OS to boot without >>authentication, I am considering screen-saver password-protection for >>those rare occasions when I leave the box on and unattended (I hate >>screensavers...), and I've locked and/or otherwise protected any >>files/disks that I have 'lying around', but how do I prevent someone >>from just booting up my machine from a floppy, etc. and getting into >>it that way (Win98), or worse yet, removing the drives and extracting >>the data however they want? >> >>Truth be told, I am always backed up, I have insurance and I don't >>really have any truly 'sensitive' data that could cause >>mass-detruction on a global scale or anything, etc, but it's really >>just the principle of it -- I don't have anything in my car that's >>valuable, but I still lock the doors, you know? >> >>I know nothing is truly 100% secure and that in the extreme case of >>someone flat-out stealing my computer, I'm, well, screwed, but I want >>to at least know that I've done everything I can to make it pretty >>hard for someone to intrude or at least irritating for them ;) >> >>Thanks in advance. >> >>-Dan >>------------------------------------------------------------ >>http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com >>(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 >>------------------------------------------------------------ >> > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Donovan,I hear ya' ;) Ok, cool, I'm satisfied that I've taken reasonable measures to protect my/my clients' data. And as far as my Bond-esque qualities....well, I've thought about 'spy-stuff' since I was a kid...what can I say ;)Thanks,-Dan ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 ------------------------------------------------------------On Sun, 08 Dec 2002 11:10:11 -0600 Donovan Brooke wrote: >Dan, I think you've been watching too many >James Bond movies. :-) > >Seriously, I would think that most ppl willing to break in to a place will not >be smart enough to extract info from a HD. If you must protect against it, I would >suggest a user based machine like NT, *nix, or OSX. (OSX has a lockable case and >can be chained to a desk). This probably doesn't help you much I know. > >However, it sounds like you are taking pertinant measures by the things you mentioned. > >You could always put a trip wire infront of the door or window that triggers a sleep agent >gas to be eminated through the room. This would be cool cause you could interigate >the guy later when he woke up. > >Donovan > > > > >Dan Strong wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >>All apologies ahead of time for yet another OT post, but you folks are >>usually pretty helpful in general... >> >>I've decided to move my office out of the house and into a 'real' >>office and I feel that my/my clients stuff is reasonably secure enough >>from 'outside' intrusions to let me sleep at night (I have a firewall, >>I turn off the computer at night, box is not on a LAN, etc.). But now >>I have to consider that my box will be vulnerable from a physical >>intrusion that I wouldn't be able to prevent by being there like I can >>when I'm at home. >> >>I will obviously lock my office door when I'm gone, I've enabled >>password-protection in BIOS to not allow the OS to boot without >>authentication, I am considering screen-saver password-protection for >>those rare occasions when I leave the box on and unattended (I hate >>screensavers...), and I've locked and/or otherwise protected any >>files/disks that I have 'lying around', but how do I prevent someone >>from just booting up my machine from a floppy, etc. and getting into >>it that way (Win98), or worse yet, removing the drives and extracting >>the data however they want? >> >>Truth be told, I am always backed up, I have insurance and I don't >>really have any truly 'sensitive' data that could cause >>mass-detruction on a global scale or anything, etc, but it's really >>just the principle of it -- I don't have anything in my car that's >>valuable, but I still lock the doors, you know? >> >>I know nothing is truly 100% secure and that in the extreme case of >>someone flat-out stealing my computer, I'm, well, screwed, but I want >>to at least know that I've done everything I can to make it pretty >>hard for someone to intrude or at least irritating for them ;) >> >>Thanks in advance. >> >>-Dan >>------------------------------------------------------------ >>http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com >>(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 >>------------------------------------------------------------ >> > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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