Locking a dongle to a laptop
Afternoon, I need to figure out a way to lock an airtel dongle to a particular laptop to avoid miss-use. is that possible? Zuhair. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should notdisseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, orcontain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for anyerrors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Kenya Data Networks, Tel: +254(20)5000000, www.kdn.co.ke
You are asking for a mallet to kill a Mosquito! I suppose your dongle works with a SIM card, and SIM cards use PINs for security. K.I.S.S On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 16:14, zuhair jaffer <zuhair.jaffer@kdn.co.ke>wrote:
Afternoon,****
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I need to figure out a way to lock an airtel dongle to a particular laptop to avoid miss-use… is that possible?****
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Zuhair.****
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@washington T.R.U.E. On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
You are asking for a mallet to kill a Mosquito!
I suppose your dongle works with a SIM card, and SIM cards use PINs for security.
K.I.S.S
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 16:14, zuhair jaffer <zuhair.jaffer@kdn.co.ke>wrote:
Afternoon,****
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I need to figure out a way to lock an airtel dongle to a particular laptop to avoid miss-use… is that possible?****
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Zuhair.****
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-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email.
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@washington and @maina Kwani today is world abbreviation day? - K.I.S.S ??? - T.R.U.E. ??? Regards, T.I.M.O.
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 17:45, Timothy Mutugi <timothymutugi@gmail.com>wrote:
@washington and @maina
Kwani today is world abbreviation day?
- K.I.S.S ???
Keep It Simple Stupid.
- T.R.U.E. ???
???
Regards,
T.I.M.O.
LOL. This must have been posted from Windows ME:) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email.
Acronym for T.R.U.E =====Thermalright Ultimate Extreme (CPU cooler) On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 17:45, Timothy Mutugi <timothymutugi@gmail.com>wrote:
@washington and @maina
Kwani today is world abbreviation day?
- K.I.S.S ???
Keep It Simple Stupid.
- T.R.U.E. ???
???
Regards,
T.I.M.O.
LOL. This must have been posted from Windows ME:)
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email.
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Guys, I guess I should have indicated what the problem was in more detail. I have users accessing a restricted platform on a laptop. This platform gives them access to a vpn among other things. When the users are on the field, they need access to the net to enable a connection to the vpn, thus we give them a dongol. They obviously require the pin to operate. But I don't want them using the dongol on any other pc except that restricted laptop. Zuhair. From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of wool row Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 11:07 AM To: Skunkworks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Locking a dongle to a laptop Acronym for T.R.U.E =====Thermalright Ultimate Extreme (CPU cooler) On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote: On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 17:45, Timothy Mutugi <timothymutugi@gmail.com> wrote: @washington and @maina Kwani today is world abbreviation day? - K.I.S.S ??? Keep It Simple Stupid. - T.R.U.E. ??? ??? Regards, T.I.M.O. LOL. This must have been posted from Windows ME:) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121 <tel:%2B254733744121> /+254722743223 <tel:%2B254722743223> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email. _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24 <http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94> &t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke -- Endless This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should notdisseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, orcontain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for anyerrors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Kenya Data Networks, Tel: +254(20)5000000, www.kdn.co.ke
I think what you are trying to do may not be possible. These dongles are not so complex in design, they are made for ease of use and as such they do not have features to restrict where they can be used or not. The only feasible way it to configure your platform such than only the designated laptops can connect from the outside by VPN by using the MAC (Physical) address of the laptops cards as well as the dongle's MAC address. This will at least ensure who ever is connecting to your back-end is using your 'authorized' machines.
I think what you are trying to do may not be possible. These dongles are not so complex in design, they are made for ease of use and as such they do not have features to restrict where they can be used or not. The only feasibel way it to configure your platform such than only the designated laptops can connect from the outside by VPN by using the MAC (Physical) address of the laptops cards as well as the dongles MAC address. This will atleast ensure who ever is connecting to yo On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:45 AM, zuhair jaffer <zuhair.jaffer@kdn.co.ke>wrote:
Guys,****
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I guess I should have indicated what the problem was in more detail… ****
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I have users accessing a restricted platform on a laptop. This platform gives them access to a vpn among other things. When the users are on the field, they need access to the net to enable a connection to the vpn, thus we give them a dongol. ****
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They obviously require the pin to operate. But I don’t want them using the dongol on any other pc except that restricted laptop. ****
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Zuhair.****
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*From:* skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] *On Behalf Of *wool row *Sent:* Saturday, April 21, 2012 11:07 AM *To:* Skunkworks Mailing List *Subject:* Re: [Skunkworks] Locking a dongle to a laptop****
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Acronym for T.R.U.E =====Thermalright Ultimate Extreme (CPU cooler)****
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:****
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On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 17:45, Timothy Mutugi <timothymutugi@gmail.com> wrote:****
@washington and @maina
Kwani today is world abbreviation day?
- K.I.S.S ???****
Keep It Simple Stupid. ****
- T.R.U.E. ???****
???
****
Regards,
T.I.M.O.****
LOL. This must have been posted from Windows ME:)
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Or maybe get those laptops that come with SIM card slots, and put a sticker on the slot such that you can notice when its plucked off?
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wool row -
zuhair jaffer