I have read many stories about small business owners waking up one day and their bank accounts are empty, due to banking malware like Zeus, others are victimized by ransomware and have to pay a fee to get their files back.
It seems like most of the victims were using windows computers when these attacks happened, as far as I know Zeus only works on Microsoft Windows, not Unix or Linux. I was thinking of offering some refurbished older Dell Laptops for sale with OpenBSD installed, to use specifically with online banking, $149 for Dell Vostro 1500 with 120 GB SSD and 2 GB RAM, and $249 for Dell Latitude e6400 with 240 GB SSD, and 8 GB of RAM, and for a an extra fee, make 240 GB and 480 GB or 1 TB or 2 TB SSD an upgrade option for them. Since they are laptops, they can easily be moved around and are portable and people can even travel with them and use them while traveling for their banking transactions. I was not able to get wifi to work on the Dell Vostro, but that is ok, since wifi can be an attack vector, I think they will be more secure with only a hardwire Lan connection. While it is true that some small business owners have some good IT skills and could install OpenBSD themselves, I am thinking of it as a product for the small business owner who has minimal IT skills. Someone, most likely an open source puirist, criticized this idea on IRC but I think it is actually a really good idea for the small business owner with minimal IT skills. I just wanted to know everyone's opinion of this idea? and also would I be able to advertise my contact information on the commercial section of OpenBSD.org for these specialty laptops? Thanks. *Michael G. Workman* (321) 432-9295 michael.g.work...@gmail.com
