Re: [Thinkpad] OT: Setting up a secure home system

Hi Rob,

Best bet is to get one of those USB keys (aka thumb drive) or other external
device, download the needed updates on your secure broadband connection to
the USB key, and update the target system using the USB key.

I'm one of those that will be on dial up for the forseeable future (local
landmarks consists of silos - grain, not missile). So I download updates
from work, carry them home, and patch my home systems. For example, MS puts
up their updates/patches with an "install from network" option. This option
will give you the files you need to update Windows without an internet
connection.

Best regards,
Jack

>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 06:00:54 -0500
>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] OT: Setting up a secure home system
>
>Thanks for the suggestion. However, the people I'm talking about are
>invariably on dial-up. That's one of the things that makes the whole
>recovery process difficult when they do have a problem.
>
>With that demographic being the majority of home computer users
>(non-techie, dial-up, old hardware/software, etc.) I would think that
>more people or companies would have encountered this situation and come
>up with best practices on system protection and recovery after problems.
> Instead what I see are the 1/3 of tech-saavy folks who take care of
>themselves and the 2/3 of non-techie computer users that are frustrated
>with their systems and end up providing the infected computers that
>plague the rest of the folks.
>
>Rob

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