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leapinlew:

--- Quote from: kalars123 on July 06, 2011, 09:44:22 pm ---but who would do that anyway?, I mean honestly I think we as a hobby industry have come far enophe that even the beginner collector/restore/custom mame cab, will know at least that you never put an unpatched unprotected system on the internet. One of the very reason's I've never had many virus issue's unlike ALOT of my friends is that i keep by virus protection up to date, i keep windows up to date and i don't do anything stupid, I don't download/open an e-mail that i don't know, i don't visit any random porn sites...ect.

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Well, my point was a system can get infected if you do nothing. To keep a system "safe" you have to patch the OS, applications as well as run antivirus software. Which means you not only have to spend more time keeping your mame machine online and functioning properly, you run into the risk of a patch or software update which breaks the computer thus causing even more maintenance. To me, it's all about setting up a machine and forgetting about it.


--- Quote from: kalars123 on July 06, 2011, 09:44:22 pm ---One of the very reason's I've never had many virus issue's
Internet safety isn't all that hard people

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that made me  :laugh2:

If it was easy you would have had NO virus/malware issues. It's a never ending battle and you have to keep up on the latest rules of what you can and can't do. It's not impossible, but to act as if it's as easy is ridiculous.

scofthe7seas:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on July 06, 2011, 09:17:59 pm ---If you want to see it in action. Put an unpatched Windows XP system straight on the internet with no firewall, service packs, antivirus and a real IP.

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How long should I keep it on for? At what time could I turn it off and say this test is done? I have a spare laptop. I can install Windows Xp (Not even SP1!), nothing else, and plug it directly into the cable modem.

Given an infinite amount of time, an infinite amount of monkeys can write Shakespeare, apparently, but what if they had a timeframe? The test is impossible, because if I leave it for a day, or a week, You'll say I didn't leave it on long enough.

Plus, I don't really want to take up my internet with a lame experiment for a week! :P


--- Quote from: leapinlew on July 06, 2011, 09:17:59 pm ---Which means, if someone hops on my wifi with an infected machine or plugs into my network, my machine could be compromised in no time.

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So you're saying the infection risk is something more localized? Like a local person attacking?

I've gotten some viruses in my time, don't misunderstand, but it was from digging around on the internet looking at stuff I shouldn't be. I just don't think virus attacks are a huge problem for individuals.

@kalars123
The problem with all that patching and virus scanning is that people want their MAME pcs as clean and fast as possible. I wouldn't put Mcafee on my Mame PC. But I also don't really see a point of having a MAME cab on the internet.

kalars123:
@scothe7seas

I agree that there really isn't any need for a cabinet to be on the net, before SSF4:AE i only connected mine to the network for quick updates but had internet access rejected via my router, so it was connected internally only.  But now with SSF4, it's connected just like any of my other computers it patched and completely up to date, only difference is I don't do any web browsing on it, and i have all ports blocked to except those needed for SSF4 and GFWL.

@Leapinlew
no what you describe would be "no internet safety needed", and it's not an never ending battle at least not on my end, that's why I pay company's for their software so the never ending battle is on their end, for the average joe consumer internet safety is a joke just follow your common sense keep your software/virus protection up to date, and you won't have an issue, and the only time you will have an issue is when you doing or looking at something on the net that 1. you probably shouldn't be doing anyways, 2. is illegal in your state/country.  It's that simple no amount of arguing or saying conficker is the devil is going to change it.

Like I have said I completely understand people not hooking their cabs to the net, I also just want to set it and forget it without having to worry about updating/patching..ect  But I also don't want people to think "and there a few people out there somewhere that will" that if they do connect their cab to the net that some how a virus is going to magically find it's way into their home network and steal all your financial data. Because the likelihood of that happening almost zero.

AlienInferno:
My machine's currently connected to my home network and thus the internet.  I'm planning on having it setup wirelessly once it goes in my cab.  Mainly for maintenance?  (can't spell LOL).  The only thing I would use the internet then for is maybe the high score sharing thing Torino is thinking about/working on.  Either way with the wireless I can turn it on and off at will so no biggie to me.

EVEGames:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on July 06, 2011, 02:53:12 pm ---For me it's either disconnect the mame machine, or have an extra beefy machine and keep it updated.

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+1.  Not going to connect any machine (cab-dedicated or otherwise) to the internet and not have Norton running in the background, and that means accepting frequent updates, allowing scans to take place, and relinquishing some resources to the antivirus program at all times.  The kinds of machines I use in my cabs, I need all the resources dedicated to the games.  If I need to apply an update of some kind, and that's rare once I get a cab set up, I do it with a USB thumb drive, using files which were scanned for viruses on another machine.

-EVEGames

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