atrocity wrote: > A friend is finally getting his music online and is looking at LMS > alternatives due to the fact that, as far as either of us can tell, all > communication via the web interface, smartphone/tablet clients, etc. is > vanilla http and not https. > > I don't recall ever reading complaints about this here before and am > wondering if anyone else views this as a real problem. His concern is > that somehow malware will ride in somehow and...I'm not entirely sure. > > One specific complaint he has is plain text login to the server, which > makes me wonder if there's any reason to have a password in the first > place if you aren't opening ports (bad idea!) and aren't trying to keep > kids out. > > Is he overreacting or are we fans just accepting the risk because > everything else about LMS works so well? > > He's talking about going to dark side and getting $ono$ on the > assumption that it's more secure. > > Any and all advice is welcome.
No significant risk. http via port 80 on an internal network is commonplace. I'd hazard to say that most of us don't use a password on the web interface at all - it gets in the way of things. Jim https://jukeradio.double6.net VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* Joggler & Pi4/Khadas -> Onkyo TXNR686 -> Celestion F20s *Office* Joggler & Pi3 -> Denon RCD N8 -> Celestion F10s *Dining Room* SB Radio *Bedroom (Bedside)* Pi Zero+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV) & Bathroom* SB Touch ->Denon AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s + Kef ceiling speakers *Guest Room* Joggler > Topping Amp -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115292 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
