1 edit | reply to schwendrick
Re: Startup security for "always-on" connection. said by schwendrick:Actually I wanted to remove attention from the router as I presumed that's the first thing that would be focused on. At what point during the boot cycle does the PC become vulnerable through the network port, and is it late enough that my security software is enough in place to prevent malware from being installed/executed? Thanks Network should come up last, but there's no guarantee. If you are paranoid about it, before you shut down the machine turn off the network card (nethood ->properties ->device ->disable)
Unless something fishy is going on that should stay set until your machine is completely booted, at which point you can go in and enable it at your leisure.
PS this is how my network is run, there's no internet to any computer until i explicitly boot a virtual machine for that purpose. My computer can't even lease an IP until i do that. |
