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Tell us what you think about Mike Mullins' advice on preventing the security hole that's caused by PnP, as featured in the Jan. 29 Network Security e-newsletter. Is this information useful to you? Please rate this column from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest.

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by wallacefl

With the advent of smaller and smaller external harddrives (eg. USB thumbdrives), data security could become a real problem!

by courtmcse

Mr. Mullin's advice on plugging the PnP in Windows XP was extremely timely for our organization. We are preparing to roll out 175 new Compaq D510 boxes with XP Pro on them and security of our intranet is vital. Thanks for this information! We think moving the WINNT/Driver file to a network server with appropreate permissions is the answer. With the USB Memory Sticks, you can lose a lot of data by a disgrutled employee if you're not careful. Thanks again.

by jimintheworld

I only run a small 25 computer peer-peer network in Tonga, but one day I'll be back in the world. For any company, a small leak could cost millions. Put a wireless NIC in and you don't have a small leak; you've a flood gate. And with everybody wanting the latest and greatest, I'm sure some businesses have already lost revinue due to wireless leaks.

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