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From: Graham J on 20 Mar 2010 09:25 "Gavin" <gwilbyREMOVE(a)stoof.co.uk> wrote in message news:ho2ckv$uvk$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Hi all, > > I have got the dubious pleasure of introducing a new user to a MacBook in > a week or so. > > He is a great guy but is a bit of a clot when it comes to computers - his > Windows laptop has just come into the office for the 5th time riddled with > Virus's due to his going to TV streaming sites [1] and downloading > whatever content comes his way. > > The reason for the Mac is that it should be a little safer for him as of > course, most web based virus payloads (ActiveX and executables) simply > wont do anything on his Mac. > > I assume that best practice for him will be to set up an admin account, > and then set up a user account for him to use and dont tell him the admin > password? That way one assumes the attack surface (I love that expression) > will be quite low for him. But if he needs to ever do anything like > install stuff we can validate the contant and then allow it if > appropriate. > > [1] I went to one such site on a sandbox machine that immediatly spawned > about 7 or 8 browser windows as soon as it connected. An admin account and a "Limited User" account with appropriatley limted settings would probably protect a Windows machine. Worth setting up a VPN via a router, with VNC, so you can manage the machine remotely on the occasions when the admin account has to be used ... -- Graham J
From: Jim on 20 Mar 2010 09:32 Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > As a newcomer to Mac OS X, I'm more than a little pissed that it is > barely much better than Ubuntu and in some cases it is worse, especially > with Apples reluctance to even acknowledge yet alone fix 20 exploits > currently out in the wild. Because for all its faults OS X is still about 100x easier to use than any Linux. And yes, I've tried a few. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: T i m on 20 Mar 2010 10:17 On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:53:26 +0000, Gavin <gwilbyREMOVE(a)stoof.co.uk> wrote: >Um, I should have stated, he is getting the 1800 quid 15" MBP. Feckin hell, 1800 quid for a laptop! Ok, I know you can probably spend more and it is an Apple and a piece of art etc etc but 1800 quid! (thinking what else you could get for that sorta cash ... like a good second hand car or "BIG" Tv or many other equally complex things etc). And he's a "clot when it comes to computers" you say? T i m
From: Adrian C on 20 Mar 2010 10:52 On 20/03/2010 13:25, Graham J wrote: > > Worth setting up a VPN via a router, with VNC, so you can manage the machine > remotely on the occasions when the admin account has to be used ... Worth setting up a server, install applications and security on that - and then give him a thin client ... -- Adrian C
From: Conor on 20 Mar 2010 11:11
On 20/03/2010 13:32, Jim wrote: > Conor<conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > >> As a newcomer to Mac OS X, I'm more than a little pissed that it is >> barely much better than Ubuntu and in some cases it is worse, especially >> with Apples reluctance to even acknowledge yet alone fix 20 exploits >> currently out in the wild. > > Because for all its faults OS X is still about 100x easier to use than > any Linux. > > And yes, I've tried a few. > Any recently? -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally. |