Keeping my pc safe at LAN

Gannicius

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Hey guys
In January I am attending a local LAN. I will have the corsair air 540 and my asus vg248qe to protect throughout the weekend. I was wondering if there are any specific locks/any recommendations for Kensington locks or ways to lock these two pieces up.

Also any tips on security when it comes to LAN would be much appreciated. This is the first BYOC I've attended that isn't in someones living room while their parents are in another country!
Many thanks
Gannicius
 
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All your really trying to do is keep someone from stealing or messing with your PC easily. If someone with bolt cutters is at a station trying to remove a lock, they'll be caught. So the locks will help with that in mind. Disabling the front panel USB will keep people from uploading viruses to your PC. Password protected admin account will keep them from messing with your settings. (I would also password protect the BIOS). While it's been my experience that people at these events won't mess your equipment, a saboteur will be looking for easy targets.
If you can zip tie your accessories to the monitor. Give enough slack so you can move the mouse. Remove the front panel USB connector from the motherboard. Also put a password on your admin account.

Keep a hardware inventory of your accessories model and serial numbers. Some cases have a tab you can attach to the side panel so you can lock it. You can use that to keep people from getting inside.
 
Hi,

You are able to get peripheral locks for for LAN events such as these, I personally would recommend looking for some sort of mechanism such as zip/cable ties for your peripherals, adding a kensington lock to your PC and getting locks for your PC, these can be obtained and some PC's come with them on their side panels, they are generally opened with a key and i think that it was the old NZXT lexa cases that incorporated this feature. I would also recommend bringing a keyuboard like the K70 or similar that allows you to be able to disable the windows button as well as alt+f4 and ctrl+w

Hope this helped, feel free to ask any questions.

Thanks,
Simon
 


Yeah, I'll do some of this. I'm not sure how effective Kensington locks are, I've read they're mainly aesthetic and don't do much
 
All your really trying to do is keep someone from stealing or messing with your PC easily. If someone with bolt cutters is at a station trying to remove a lock, they'll be caught. So the locks will help with that in mind. Disabling the front panel USB will keep people from uploading viruses to your PC. Password protected admin account will keep them from messing with your settings. (I would also password protect the BIOS). While it's been my experience that people at these events won't mess your equipment, a saboteur will be looking for easy targets.
 
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