[Am-info] Greenpeace throws out Windows --- a social trend?

[madodel@ptdprolog.net]

In <3CE1BF57.8090201@3times25.net>, on 05/14/02 at 09:52 PM,
   Geoffrey <esoteric@3times25.net> said:

>I was talking to my Dr. the other day about the internet in general.  She
>started asking me various questions about technical hurdles she was 
>trying to overcome.  Anyway, I noted she indicated she had her whole 
>network on dsl, no firewall on the gateway machine (windows 2000).  I 
>suggested she should invest in a simple firewall, noting that she could 
>use an old P75 with something like Linux or Freebsd.

It was gross negligence on her part and that of whoever set her network up
to have her internal LAN connected to the internet to begin with, let
alone without any protection and running a microsoft virus proliferating
platform to boot.  Even if that patient data doesn't ends up on a website
somewhere, that is still a giant breach of patient confidentiality.

>She called me last week, she'd gotten cracked.  I don't have the 
>specifics other than it was an apparent deadly effort which required the 
>replacement of the motherboard.  Oooh nasty.  The next words our of her 
>mouth were, when can I get that Linux firewall.

The sooner the better, though she needs to rethink whether she really
needs those machines connected to the internet.  The best firewall is to
have separate machines for internal data that have no outside network
access.


Mark


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