I would be especially careful now that a public record of what you are doing has been made (on the UUG group archives).
:D James On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Robert LeBlanc<rob...@leblancnet.us> wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Andrew McNabb <amcn...@mcnabbs.org> wrote: >> >> I'm curious what others on the list think, but I'm pretty sure that if >> you asked for permission, the Church (or at least its lawyers) would not >> permit such a web service. My personal opinion would be that it's safer >> (both in terms of legality and security) to distribute a standalone >> application than to host a web service. >> >> I would be interested to hear if anyone has a different opinion or any >> experience with this sort of issue. >> > > I'm always very cautious when it comes to church information. I've developed > a web app to be used in the stake and I made sure to only have as little > info as possible. People asked me to add some information that was in MLS > and I refused telling them that this is not intended to be a replacement in > anyway to MLS or the church website. I did have the blessing of the Stake > President and the Area President before making it available to other ward > clerks. The closest that we were getting to intergating with MLS/Church > website was to export the MLS data and import it to the webapp, stripping > out the sensitive information. I also made sure the entire app was SSL and > check and triple checked SQL injection and the like. I still get very weary > about holding information that is partially sensitive. > > Robert LeBlanc > > > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -- "And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun..." (Mark 16:2) Web: http://james.jlcarroll.net -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
