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Securing Your Internal Network from Windows?

Posted by Cliff on from the protecting-your-network-externally-and-internally dept.

acacord asks: "I am the Network Admin for a medium-sized law firm (hold the flames, please). We are one of the few Macintosh-based firms left. All of our workstations (near 150) will have been migrated to Mac OS X 10.2.2 by the end of the year. We have a couple users who think that they know more than the IT department and therefore insist that they maintain WinXP boxes on their desks. How should I configure a segment of my network for them, and them only, to make sure that the remainder of my networks are not susceptible to any of their natural security 'features' . Any and all ideas are welcome."

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  1. Re:How to Fix Your Users Attitude.. by hplasm · · Score: 2, Funny
    1. Write a program that causes their machines to randomly reboot every 30-120 minutes

    Er, they have Win XP already..

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  2. Protection from Windows by genka · · Score: 3, Funny

    We have a couple users who think that they know more than the IT department
    If you have to ask such a simple question, may be your users DO know more then IT department.

  3. Re:The irony is sickening. by iangoldby · · Score: 2, Funny

    I didn't expect the FSF inquisition

  4. Re:The irony is sickening. by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nobody expects the... oh, forget it. Too predicable. Make up your own funny comment about shrubbery, Mr. Neutron, "pinin' for the fijords," or the larch.

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