Sandboxing & System 76 Laptops

Chris O'Connell omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Thu Feb 17 09:37:43 EST 2011


Matt, I like that suggestion!  I don't think my supervisor would think
that's an adequate solution and he does use one web based application at
least ;-)

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Matt Shields <matt-urrlRJtNKRMsHrnhXWJB8w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 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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