Re: sandbox for Window$

2010-11-11 Thread Nuno Magalhães
If you wanna sandbox Windows you sh/could use a VM (virtualbox is neat), along with separate partitions, chroots, etc. You can also tune your Windows, but that depends on its version and is OT in there lists, obviously. 2K8 has extensive firewall configurations and some snap-ins for "unix file shar

Re: sandbox for Window$

2010-11-11 Thread Chris Davies
Russell L. Harris wrote: > I wish files on a machine running Window$ to be accessible to other > computers in the LAN, while preventing the Window$ machine from > accessing the Internet for http, ftp, email, etc. And, the Window$ > machine must not be able to see or communicate with other machine

Re: sandbox for Window$

2010-11-11 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 08:33:55AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [10 08:21]: > > In <20101110213657.ga3...@rlharris.org>, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > >I think that my need is for a "sandbox" to isolate a Window$ computer. > > > > Assuming by "Window$" you mean MS

Re: sandbox for Window$

2010-11-11 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Camaleón [10 08:49]: > Disable "gateway" in that windows box (only lan connection). This may be what I was trying to figure out. I hate the very thought of using Window$, but I have two or three devices with USB interface for which no other approach appears practical. > if using SMB p

Re: sandbox for Window$

2010-11-11 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2010-11-11, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [10 08:21]: >> In <20101110213657.ga3...@rlharris.org>, Russell L. Harris wrote: >> >I think that my need is for a "sandbox" to isolate a Window$ computer. >> >> Assuming by "Window$" you mean MS Windows, you are posting to t

Re: sandbox for Window$

2010-11-11 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:36:57 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > I think that my need is for a "sandbox" to isolate a Window$ computer. > > I wish files on a machine running Window$ to be accessible to other > computers in the LAN, while preventing the Window$ machine from > accessing the Internet

Re: sandbox for Window$

2010-11-11 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [10 08:21]: > In <20101110213657.ga3...@rlharris.org>, Russell L. Harris wrote: > >I think that my need is for a "sandbox" to isolate a Window$ computer. > > Assuming by "Window$" you mean MS Windows, you are posting to the wrong > forum. > This forum is not for MS

Re: sandbox for Window$

2010-11-11 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20101110213657.ga3...@rlharris.org>, Russell L. Harris wrote: >I think that my need is for a "sandbox" to isolate a Window$ computer. Assuming by "Window$" you mean MS Windows, you are posting to the wrong forum. This forum is not for MS Windows support issues. OTOH, A sufficiently tuned ip

sandbox for Window$

2010-11-10 Thread Russell L. Harris
I think that my need is for a "sandbox" to isolate a Window$ computer. I wish files on a machine running Window$ to be accessible to other computers in the LAN, while preventing the Window$ machine from accessing the Internet for http, ftp, email, etc. And, the Window$ machine must not be able to