Re: Desktop Security Article

In the message "[Micronet] Desktop Security Article", dated
2005-02-24, Charles E. James wrote:

>One of my co-workers found an article on desktop security which I
>felt was good solid advice for anyone with a computer be it at work
>or home. ... As to those portions where the Arthur recommends
>deleting files such as cmd.exe, talk to your administrator and let
>them decide if it is a good thing for your area.
>
>http://www.schneier.com/essay-078.html

   Thanks for sharing this, Charles. On this same topic, there are a
number of other guides on desktop security for Windows linked from
the "Best Practices" page on the SNS website:

   http://security.berkeley.edu:2002/bestpractices.html

particularly "A Home User's Security Checklist for Windows"
<http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/220>, a detailed checklist
which is oriented toward non-technical, home users of Microsoft
Windows, and would be a good complement to Schneier's more general
recommendations.

Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group

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Received on Thu Feb 24 12:31:56 2005