[extropy-chat] The Business of Protecting Your Own Finances

[Samantha Atkins]

On Apr 26, 2006, at 3:12 PM, Anne-Marie Taylor wrote:

> Natasha Vita-More natasha at natasha.cc  wrote:

>
> I'm really sorry to hear that Natasha.  I hope they catch the person
> that did it.  That's just wrong.  I still can't understand what  
> makes people
> malicious.
>
> I was actually wondering recently what I should do regarding my
> computer.  I'm buying a new one and can't decide if I should put it on
> the internet.  I want to work on video and music programs and I'm
> thinking it's saffer to just keep my old computer for the net.  I was
> wondering what everybody else thought.
>

Well if you really don't need anything from the internet for that  
work that might be doable.  But I think you will find plenty of  
things relevant to video and music on the internet that you would  
like to have.  If you are going to move stuff between the machines  
then you would also be open to anything that may have infiltrated the  
old computer.

I tend to keep my riskier OS machines (windows boxes generally) on a  
separate subnet physically and logically from main machines in my  
house.  An attack on the former cannot get to the latter in any  
privileged way.  The main machines are running less vulnerable OS and  
configuration and are truly internet facing.

-s

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