In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Blinch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > > > Anybody hear of these folks before? > Yep, in fact, I am one of these folks. :) > > > Their system seems to support "interoptability" so it must be good. > Ugh... marketing is going to hear from me shortly. :) > > > But my favorite line is this: �Jabbix is unique because it�s web-based, > > there�s nothing to download, therefore no security concerns.� > Perhaps this could've been better explained in the release, but this is > true on a number of levels. It's hard to run into the "buffer exploit du > jour" with a web-based client, since no code is executed on the client > side. And if an issue is found, a single server update takes care of it > - no need to deploy a desktop client patch across your entire network > via SUS/etc. There's also a lot more control available to the admin - > don't want users receiving unscreened files (eg: MSN's funner.exe) over > IM? No problem - take care of it at the server level. > > (Sorry if this sounds like a shameless plug - just trying to clarify > things. :) ) > > Steve Heh, thanks for the clarification. My guanometer always spikes when I see someone claim that there are *no* security concerns.... :-) /psa _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev
