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5. Basic, IMO, is a good reliable quality UPS. A quality router with a

Wed Apr 2, 2014, 08:10 AM

Apr 2014

firewall built in, + a sw firewall. VPN, if needed. Of course, running Linux. ... running rootkits, etc. And, most of all, cockpit sense! On virtual machines running windoz, some virus/malware protection, etc. to avoid propagation to windoze users. ... etc., etc. ...

Plus, you can use some tools like this:

https://www.securitymetrics.com/sm/pub/datasecuritysolutions/

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