Julius Szelagiewicz wrote: >Tim, > LTSP is inherently vulnerable to network sniffing. as long as >information travels in plain text over the network, it can be easily >intercepted. the usb keys are fine, but don't offer real security - they >can be duplicated with ease. Our only home is that Jim McQ. will have >enough free time to implement fully ssh encrypted workstation - server > You would really need to have an IPSec tunnel between the workstations and the server to incorporate all possible traffic types for the workstations. If you can get the "key" situation worked out securely, then you can implement either SSH or IPSec for the workstations.
>traffic from the moment when login process receives user name. julius > >On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Tim Brodie wrote: > > > >>We are currently investigating using USB keys as part of >>user authentication to be used at their LTSP workstation. >> >>Has anyone done this type of implementation? >> >>Can anyone forsee any difficulties in having a USB key >>at a remote-X workstation authenticating a user running >>apps on the main server? >> >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek >Welcome to geek heaven. >http://thinkgeek.com/sf >_____________________________________________________________________ >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.openprojects.net > > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ 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.openprojects.net
