On 11/26/2013 08:51 AM, Raphaël Jadot wrote:
2. More importantly, less ambiguously, the browser security warnings
>and need for manual intervention is a "turn-off" for OMV adoption and
>should be avoided, if possible, imo.
Yes, this is something I understand, even if not sure to agree:) We
are a community, and there will no be some "tyranic" decision, so of
course we will not keep this situation if users considers it as an
issue.
Well, I'm not well-educated in all the issues and technicalities, albeit
being a user of Mandrake et. seq. since early 2000. The philosophy of
FOSS, introduced by Stallman, Torvalds, and other pioneers is of the
primary importance. However, after all this time of daily Linux usage,
I'm flummoxed by the challenge to override the browser warning, to make
an exception. Acting in near ignorance, I don't feel my security is
being enhanced, as I need the browsers to do my thing, and just start
pushing buttons. The spying by militaristic governments on one another
is nothing new, just more visible and potentially invasive via the same
technology that enabled the rapid advancement of Linux. So, it's a hard
choice. There is some merit in being approachable, important for what I
see OMV is trying to become. Could the installation of the necessary
certificates be made more automated/transparent with a package
dependency or highly visible and documented widget/button or some such?
To RTFM before going to a website is not a user-friendly mechanism, iiuic.
Rolf
