Re: Baseline Security for the Home PC

From: Admiral Q (Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NOSPAM)_at_(SPAMNOT)hotmail.com)
Date: 02/06/05 

Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 20:58:35 -0500

The "weakest" link in any computer security equation is, sadly enough, "the
user".

    So the 1st step on securing a computer in any environment (work, home,
educational, research lab, etc), is to "educate the user".
    The second, is "physical access" - if you can't prevent "physical
access" then all other security methods become "compromised" - especially
with all the "hacker" tools available for download on the internet now.
    From here it becomes sketchy but we all know we need a Firewall (I
recommend both hardware and software - the software one being able to detect
outbound as well as inbound connections), Virus protection (up to date virus
protection, not one installed 6 months ago with a 90-day trial, and 90-days
ago the trial ran out, so it's virus definitions are 90-days old).
    Next comes Adware detection and of course, the removal of said Adware.

    This is just a start, and applies to all scenarios, developers, home
users, corporate users, researchers, etc. 

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"Dennis D." <tech@dennisys.com> wrote in message
news:u2AcimrCFHA.3528@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Is there a recommended protocol for establishing baseline security for the
> home computer using XP Pro?
> When a small business environment is added is there a recommended policy
to
> augment that baseline security?
> When a developer environment is added is there a recommeded policy to
> augment the baseline security?
> When a combination of policies exist is there a recommended protocol for
> maintaining security?
>
> My concern is that .Net development is becoming common among advanced PC
> users. That environment should have a recommended protocol for the
> increasing number of users. I wonder if those documents already exist.
> -- 
> http://www.dennisys.com/
>
>

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