Re: Thinkpad T430

On 10/30/2018 11:51 AM, leroy jordan wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a question about the config, A. and the BIOS setup if any for
> obsd6.4, please point me in the right direction.
>
> Also, is it possible to activate Sim, as I don't trust public Wi-Fi.
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Leroy Jordan
>

I'm running a T430. Bluetooth doesn't work (Doesn't work under any OS
other than Windows 7 and is kinda crap-tastic, especially combined with
the terrible Intel Wireless chip it shares silicon with. As for the
WWAN, just throw that junk away. No CellCo supports it anymore and they
almost always require some application running on the OS to get it to
actually do anything (And those application are only made for Windows
and OS-X, if you are lucky).

But if you are concerned about security, going 3G/4G is a terrible idea.
The technology is shit and requires running code that is pushed down
by the TelCo that you can neither access nor control its operation
beyond what the TelCo lets you while they still have full remote control
over it (and a non-trivial amount of access to the rest of your system
as well).

Really, you'd be much better off following rational security practices
and using public WiFi. You'll be fine, or at least much better than on
a WWAN connection. If you want, do what I do: TCP 22, 53, 80, 443 are
the only out-bound ports allowed until I login, then I swap the rules
for a pair of block all rules and allow traffic only out through a
key-authenticated ssh tunnel I make with an OpenBSD machine I have
running on the edge of my home network (And to get around a lot of
blocks, I run OpenSSH on port 443 on the remote machine).

-CMA
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