Sandboxing & System 76 Laptops

Matt Shields matt-urrlRJtNKRMsHrnhXWJB8w at public.gmane.org
Thu Feb 17 09:25:24 EST 2011


On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Chris O'Connell <omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> My question is sort of cross platform.
>
> I have an 86 year old user here at my work.  He's very bright, but no
> matter
> how many times I tell him not to click weird email links or strange
> websites
> he does.  The result is a weekly visit into his office to run a 45 minute
> sweep for spyware, viruses and malware.
>
> I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a good sandboxing program that may
> help eliminate this problem given I can never get this guy to practice safe
> computing.
>
> He runs windows so a Windows sandboxing utility suggestion would be
> appreciated.
>
> I'm contemplating a new laptop that would run Linux, preferably a System 76
> laptop.  Any thoughts on System 76?  Any good Linux sandboxing programs out
> there?
>
> Sorry, I know this email has a lot of questions that don't directly relate
> to one another.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Chris!
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Assign him a static IP address, either manually or via DHCP, then block that
IP from accessing the internet :)

-matt




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