Kee, I thought about doing the same thing. Let me know how it goes. I've airgrapped most of our vulnerable systems, and I am seriously considering pulling the plug on the net except for chromebooks or something similar.
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 3:02 PM, kee nethery <k...@kagi.com> wrote: > For banking I just purchased a cheap Chromebook. Just got it today. Gonna > see if it can talk to all the banks we use. But that is all it will ever be > used for, banking. > Kee > > > On Nov 26, 2012, at 11:59 AM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On 11/26/2012 09:16 PM, Mike Kerner wrote: > >> Rootkits and bootloaders are a threat that cannot be addressed > reasonably > >> any other way. If you want to talk about lousy security on the inside, > >> Windows cannot even hold a candle to the laughably-bad ICS's. Back in > The > >> Day I felt like I was the one who was wrong because I kept pointing out > out > >> horribly bad the security on PLC's and their related controllers are. > >> > >> > >> > > > > Is it just me, or . . . ? > > > > I would have thought one of the EASIEST ways to avoid one's machine from > getting > > mucked up by a rootkit or a bootloader was to make sure one's computer > was NOT > > connected to some sort of internet connexion prior and during OS install. > > > > I must say one of the things I dislike is how OS installs give the > impression that they > > won't work without an internet connexion - which is, of course, a load > of old tosh. > > > > Richmond. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
