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|    TJ to Adam    |
|    Re: How much security is enough?    |
|    20 Jun 12 08:44:59    |
      From: TJ@noneofyour.business              On 06/14/2012 01:51 PM, Adam wrote:       > This new thread is a spinoff from that "Off-Topic" thread, because IMHO       > it deals with a specific topic of interest to IMHO many of us here. What       > started this was my purchase of a non-UEFI tower (HP p7-1258 -- you did       > see the thread about non-UEFI hardware, didn't you?). That means my       > current desktop system will be moved to another room and connected via       > Wi-Fi, pretty much the first time I'll be using Wi-Fi.       >       > My basic question, as you can see, is "How much security is enough?" I'm       > not a network admin, just an ordinary home user, and I really don't want       > to spend all my time dealing with system security. OTOH I know I need       > to spend some time and effort on keeping my system(s) "secure enough",       > once I figure out what that means in my situation.       >       After reading this thread, it would seem that the answer to the question       you pose is, there is no amount of security that you can safely say is       "enough."              Remember, you aren't being paranoid if they really are out to get you.              ^)              TJ              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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