At 05:19 PM 5/5/2009 +0200, Frans de Boer wrote:
I agree with Lee that it's bad security practice, however, the solution requiring you to know the ports to be used in advance is also not working. Normal customers don't know how to, so just open everything. More skilled users can not always find the required port numbers to open and revert to the practice described before.
Au contraire, .. that's why we *support* our clients - if they need a port opened for some reason, we just login remotely & do it for them [as we would for all systems affected], or use ZenWorks. Helps justify a support agreement! I would argue that you don't really HAVE such requirements for 'typical' users, as their needs can be predicted by work or fiat well in advance.
Lee It seems that you are talking about corporate users, which is a whole different ballgame. I recall that I was talking about consumers, who do not have remote support. If Linux and/or other OSS is not accepted by consumers, my bet is that
On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 10:31 -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote: the most corporate desktops will have MS-Windows on it for a long time to come. Why: most consumers do not want to learn something new AND become a specialist in the same time. For most of them, a computer is just a box which delivers services on demand, without to much or even any hassle. For comparison: to drive a car you need to know some rules of engagement, but your not required to know anything about the internals of the car. Frans. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org