On 23 Nov, 2012, at 20:13, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote:
> lina wrote:
>> On Friday 23,November,2012 01:00 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> I've a laptop whose *SOLE* purpose in life is to be used in a manner
>>> that a even I would never do on a machine with real data on it.
>>> It has intrinsically the best security in place
>>> Only _*I*_ have physical access to the machine.
>>> It has no possibility of connecting to the internet.
>>> It will *never* be updated.
>>> The installation CD lives in the drive, for various reasons the hard
>>> drive is wiped and reinstall done 2-3 times per week.
>>>
>>> When I boot I want to do *ANYTHING*!
>>> HOW?
>>>
>>> {Owl now ducks for cover from incoming brick-a-brac ;}
>>
>> Out of pure curiosity, why this machine to be "chastened" in this way?
>
> *ROFL* - you were much gentler than various long time friends and relatives ;)
>
> Actually there are solid reasons my work pattern. As to the dramatic
> description, that has a different rationale.
>
> As to the machine, I'm a "learn by doing" learner. In my three score and ten
> I've learned that failure can be much more instructive than success.
It's said, the more risk the more rewards.
My head is a bit small to understand it profoundly. Anyway thanks for your
reply.
> Therefore I can assume the machine will eventually be trashed in varying
> degrees. As to the frequent reinstalls, I haven't decided what configuration
> I want. The only way to find out is to try each of the options.
>
> As to the statement, I was editorializing a bit (my bits are larger than
> average). One of my pet peeves are those saying that automatically applied
> security blankets can solve all security problems. I was trying to hint that
> security in the end depends on the user. *nix environments have historically
> been multi-user. That made it reasonable that the OS be very security
> conscious. Personal computers are called *personal* for a reason.
>
>
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