Hello Zoilo, Friday, February 14, 2003, 12:11:01 PM, you wrote:
ldrlsn> It's just that my setup is not at a school, where I would encourage my ldrlsn> students to try and hack the machine to learn from it; instead my ldrlsn> LTSP-setup is running an open kiosk environment, where I cannot trust ldrlsn> the users at all. I would think that this may also be true for many ldrlsn> production environments. While my response was to your e-mail, I did not mean it to be to your situation. I do not know if you mentioned this or not, I simply assumed you were in a school situation as well. My comments still apply to a school situation; but in your situation I agree wholeheartedly that the kiosk should be locked down as tightly as possible and it should be limited to its one purpose, be it web browsing or whatever. David Leuser II, ldrlsn> >I am not pointing fingers, I am saying in general, trying to do this ldrlsn> >sort of Windows-world locking down on a Linux system is a sign that ldrlsn> >the system administrator does not know what they are doing; if all ldrlsn> >proper patches are applied and things are properly secured, students ldrlsn> >should not be able to 'hack' a system. If that happens, I blame it on ldrlsn> >the system adminstrator. ldrlsn> Reasonable people can disagree, and I do. I think it means he/she admits ldrlsn> they are human. You would be better off to admit this. Perhaps I should rephrase myself. My first words were rather strong and do not accurately convey what I was trying to say. It is my belief that if all is in order in regards to system security, it is very unlikely that anything bad will happen. In particular, I doubt that in a school a bunch of teenagers will be able to cause damage on a linux machine. If something bad happens, and yes, sh*t happens, live and learn. Figure out (if it is possible to) what went wrong and fix it so it doesn't happen again. I don't think paranoia is in order though. --- Ian Trider [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 34119829 AIM: iantri1 Y!: iantri1 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Today's mildly amusing tagline: Hold <CTRL><ALT><SHIFT><TAB><ENTER> and click here--> [ ] Right now, Ian is listening to: (Winamp is not running.) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
