Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:44:20 +1100 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Protecting Windows Message-ID: <20060209174420.GB46771@ozzmosis.com> In-Reply-To: <200602091432.44622.bastill@adam.com.au> References: <200602091432.44622.bastill@adam.com.au>
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On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 02:32:44PM +1030, Brian Astill wrote: > Person with deteriorating vision has discovered Dragon > Naturally Speaking which not only allows the construction of text > from speech but can also speak from received text. ie letter writing > and email conversing etc become possible for the visually impaired. > > All of which is wonderful except - you guessed it - the %$$#@*& > program runs on Windows 2000/XP only. Why would anyone in their > right mind NOT port a program as sensible as this to a SECURE OS? I don't know of any such software for Linux or BSD. Does similar software exist for Mac OS X? It might. There is a bigger market for it. To me, the usual routine of securing Windows seems to be the wisest choice in this instance, eg. not allowing end-users to have Admin rights, and where possible, using open source software (Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice, Abiword, ...) that's written and updated regularly by security-conscious people, etc. Some simple words of advice (beware of email attachments, etc) may also help. Running a simple standalone FreeBSD/Linux firewall "in front" of the Windows may also help security somewhat, preventing attackers connecting directly to the Windows machine. Note that many broadband cable/DSL routers perform the same task when working in "Internet sharing" mode (sometimes known as NAT). Regards Andrew
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