This is all good info, I do know we have a firewall setup on the router, much more than that, I'm not sure, and I don't really mess with that aspect of or system, I'm just responsible for the Linux machines,
As for the actual cnc machines, they are internet connected, but the operators do not do ANY browsing on them at all, they simply don't have the time, nor are allowed for that matter. My PC in the office is mainly what I was asking about, but all the conversation shed some light for me on the whole subject in general. The reason for being connected, was to simplify the programming aspect of things, now we don't have to worry about thumb drives for all of the machines laying around, we have 4 Linuxcnc machines running daily, along with roughly a dozen other CNC's, and only 1 person doing the programming. So being "connected" allows him to sit at his desk, make the program, drop it in the respective nc_files folder for whatever machine he is making the program for, and move on to his next program, Now that I built a PC using Mint, I have the only Linux based PC in the shop, that will be used for my daily computer, and that was the reason for asking about what safeguards I should worry about in regards to security. That and the fact that I like the Mint OS using Mate, so much, that I am going to build a PC for my home personal use, and am concerned about security for that as well, but that is a different animal all together, because at home we use our Blackberry smartphones as wifi hotspots to access the net on our laptop. So I don't use a router at home, and will need to figure out how to setup a firewall for that when I get to that point. -- Thanks Rick Lair Superior Roll & Turning LLC 399 East Center Street Petersburg MI, 49270 PH: 734-279-1831 FAX: 734-279-1166 www.superiorroll.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
