McKown, John wrote:
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From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of David Heilman
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:21 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Protecting SSH key on Windows desktop
Can't help myself..... Get rid of Windoz and that would solve a lot of
your security problems.
David Heilman
Not my call. I actually have two desktops. I have WinXP for most
everything. I was just granted a dual core Pentium D system and told
that I could put the Linux distro of my choice on it. For fun, I
installed Fedora Core 6. I then requested that this system have Internet
access. It got bounced from the LAN people to Corporate Security. They
had a fit! They are now doing an audit on the Linux desktop to ensure
that it is secure. Well, they're too busy so far, so they are asking me
:-)
I can seriously restrict what our students can do, using AD. I don't
think I have that control over Firefox on Windows, let alone linux where
the user has root:-)
I use ssh to copy data to the Linux system, run a script to
update a PostgreSQL database, then do reports which go back to the z/OS
system. Nice!
I think more of the folk here should be running Linux on their desktops.
It's a great way to test stuff (and learn to fix what you broke), and it
integrates so much better with the systems you-re supposed to be
maintaining.
The Bosses can't exercise so much control over what you do on your Linux
desktop, but then if they trust you with the crown jewels....
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Cheers
John
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