Re: laptop protection in an office network
On Sat, August 29, 2015 2:52 pm, Brian wrote:
> But your question was about taking your laptop onto a foreign network.
> Which goalposts do you want to aim for? What is your point if we take
> this into account?
When I go into the other guy's office, he takes his windows laptop
computer and is going to various web sites to show me this and that (maps,
real-estate listings, business web sites, and so forth). And I become
frustrated, because we are on opposite sides of the desk, and he controls
the keyboard.
It is awkward for me to say, "let me have the computer for a minute," so
that I can show him things which I think are pertinent, important, or
interesting.
However, if I pack along my own laptop and ethernet cable, it is not
awkward to ask permission to plug into his router (or to access his LAN
via Wi-FI). Then I can find this or that web site on my machine and show
him, as well as bookmarking whatever web sites he shows me.
I simply am trying to facilitate communication.
In the foreign network I have no need to print, no need to send or receive
mail (except perhaps via a webmail interface), no need for ftp. My only
need is to browse.
RLH
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