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Re: stick a laptop to a LAN
From: Steven Meyer <meysteven () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:54:43 +0100
Waw! Thanks guys! There have been a lot of great answers in witch I'll have to dig in. But if using 802.1x allows me to guaranty that the laptop won't be able to connect to a other network, then I imagine that it could be the best idea and adding a RJ45-LOCK would just to make it more sure. My home network is with a windows 2003 server , with active directory, dhcp server etc. and all the station are Windows xp pro. Thanks for all your help, It is really a great list Steven Meyer 2006/1/23, Vijay Souri <vijay.souri () gmail com>:
hey, Depends on how your internal network is one suggestion would be to have your secure network on a specific subnet and confisure your network card to a static IP address from the subnet this way you will not be able to connect to most other networks which are on different subnets vj On 1/23/06, insecure <insecure () yandex ru> wrote:Hi everyone, We already had a few discussions about preventing laptop to connect to our secured network. My question would be the exact opposite: we have a secured network with one laptop for external presentations.The only way to to put anything on the laptop is threw the network (CD ROM, usb, diskette etc. are disabled). But the real problem is how to protect the laptop from being connected to a other network and be infected with spyware, virus etc... and even worse having some of our data going threw other LANs. how could I be sure that the laptop will ONLY be able to connect to our LAN and not any other. Thanks for any help or hints. Steven MeyerProbably you have to create some kind of boot-cd with differentantispyware, virusscan, IDS tools enabled for private use. This way you will boot every time with clean OS. Restrict access to the laptop, copy secret data to the disk only when it's needed and remove it immediatly after using (for presentation).Just my thoughts... -- Roman Shirokov Systems Administrator 85A4 8586 FEEE 171B D0F1 A9C1 27C8 A907 EE45 7D0E http://www.securitybox.vlz.ru Making the roads safe...---------------------------------------------------------------------------EARN A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION ASSURANCE - ONLINE The Norwich University program offers unparalleled Infosec management education and the case study affords you unmatched consulting experience. Tailor your education to your own professional goals with degree customizations including Emergency Management, Business ContinuityPlanning,Computer Emergency Response Teams, and Digital Investigations. http://www.msia.norwich.edu/secfocus---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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