Thank you sir for your reply, it is duly noted. :-) *Michael G. Workman* (321) 432-9295 michael.g.work...@gmail.com
On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 7:26 PM Chris Bennett < cpb_m...@bennettconstruction.us> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 05:49:04PM -0500, Michael G Workman wrote: > > 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 > > First, there is no commercial section of OpenBSD to advertise on. > > As far as your seemingly brilliant idea, it won't work. > > Try this. Put OpenBSD on a USB stick. Then try to get ANYONE to boot it > on their laptop/desktop. I gave up after about 25 tries over the years. > > Next, try this. Give away a few laptops with OpenBSD already installed > for free. Check back with these people 3 months later. You won't find a > single one with OpenBSD still installed unless they just stuffed it in a > closet. > > Nobody wants to do what is necessary for security. It's just "too hard". > We will continue to see security breaches ad infinutum. > That's just the way it "Just doesn't works". > > When I was a kid and we had some new type of food that was really tasty. > I would offer a taste to my other friends who were kids too. > "I don't like that!" was always the response. They refused to even taste > it. > I would say, but you've never ever even tried this before! > "I don't care. I just don't like the way it tastes". > > That, sadly is the way the real world works. > It's nonsense. But that's just the way it is. > > Good luck, hopefully you can make it work. Please don't put any serious > money into it before trying my two above suggestions. > > -- > Chris Bennett > > >
