mike lan <lan.mike88 <at> gmail.com> writes: > ... > > the fact is I don't like being spied on my desktop , > ... > I mean "looking at my dekstop" on the other room, or installin some rootkits to gain access to the pc on my behalf. > Mike, we are all concerned about privacy, hackers, etc. But if you are in a corporate environment, please understand the position of the sys admin (if if she may be a moron ...). She is responsible for the net. Do you understand what is on that net ? Accounting ? Sales ? Atomic bomb lab ? Will you have access to Internet from within the lan ? Will the sys admin let you out ? Do you want to risk "digging a tunnel" to fool him ? You should openly ask him if you can plug in your pc. You will have to obtain an IP address on that lan, manually or dynamically (DHCP) - with or without sys admin knowledge ? Get an OK from him first. Then learn about desktop security - Fedora has a nice gui firewall, just accept the defaults (but check off SSH service port) and you are safe. There are some additional steps you can take - just read a Red Hat manual on security. JB -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines