How to be secure from the get-go?
- From: Lars Eighner <eighner@xxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:03:19 -0600
I am buying a new computer which (only) comes with windows-xp.
I have a lot of computer experience, but only with secure
operating systems. I want to keep xp on a small partition in
order to look at web sites with its browser. But I want to be
certain it never attempts to fetch (and certainly never opens)
my e-mail and that it will never launch an insecure application
like MS Word from the browser.
I imagine it is going to try to call home as soon as it is
plugged in and will want me to give it my e-mail address.
Obviously it will have to have to have my internet access
password. What can I do to prevent it from doing insecure
things in that first session?
Will it run at all if I never let it on the internet, and
just use it to view files from floppies and CDs? Can I keep it
from accessing the internet without my explicit permission (i.e.
so it doesn't try to connect on boot)?
My friends' experiences with worms, viruses, etc. on MS products
have me terrified. I am used to being able to open my mail and
follow web links with impugnity. I am afraid I will forget that
I cannot do things like that on an insecure system.
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Lars Eighner
eighner@xxxxxx
http://www.larseighner.com/index.html
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