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

[Samantha Atkins]

Huh?  I sent this message days ago.  Why is it just now showing up?

On May 1, 2006, at 11:15 AM, Samantha Atkins wrote:

>
> 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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