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with the assumption that the client machines have java installed. > Short story is that we 'deliver' applications to machines in a corporate > environment by initiating pulls via Marimba. > > We were doing this with .NET, and were able to gather information about > the > machine and verify that all the things were in place before a user > requested > an app - getting the machine name allowed us to track what was delivered, > verifying that the correct processes were running so that the app would > actually be delivered, a value stored in the registry told us that the > machine was actually a valid corporate image. > > In this 'new' environment, we don't have the .net framework installed on > the > client side, and have machines that may not even be able to run it... > Currently we aren't able to get ANY info off of the client. > > The more information we are able to gather, the better we can target the > machine. > > Make any sense? > > Thanks, > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean H. Saxe > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 11:03 AM > To: discussion@acfug.org > Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Client side > > You can't trust any client side information... so why are HTTP headers any > less reliable than getting data from the registry? Also, > what kind of data you get depends on the access level of the user. > I wouldn't let just any code run client side and collect that type of > information, its usually a hallmark of spyware. > > What exactly are you trying to do? > > -dhs > > > Dean H. Saxe, CISSP, CEH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we > are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and > servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." > -- Theodore Roosevelt > > > On Oct 27, 2006, at 10:45 AM, Dave Bellevue wrote: > >> I've been away from CF for a while, but am coming back into MX7.... >> >> Need to know what is the best (and/or easiest) way run code on the >> client machine - we need to gather information from the registry, find >> things like the machine name (http header vars are not reliable) and >> determine if processes are running and then pass that info into a >> page. >> >> Thanks, >> Dave Bellevue >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ >> http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform >> >> For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ >> http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ >> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ > http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
