Sebastian G. wrote:
> goarilla wrote:
>
>
>> XUL is a big bloated piece of crap
>
>
> Quite the contrary. It allows for reference safety, type safety and
> contract enforcement, and is still very fast due to JIT. One could
> compare it to Java, or rather Python (because it allows on-the-fly
> changes).
>
>>> So what? I'd say my trash can is the most beautiful one in the area.
>>> Yet it's full of garbage and stinks.
>>>
>>
>> you may talk all big and mighty but you're probably working with
>> homogenous
>> network environments in which ADS,group policy, proxy servers, etc,
>> ... can be implemented
>
>
> I wouldn't call a mixture of SunRay with Solaris and Debian Linux, x86
> with Debian and Windows 2000 + XP homogenous.
> But why do you name group policy? This is, by design, not a security
> measure.
>
>> sadly this isn't the case in 99,99 % of the home LAN environments and
>> in which NOD32 is really really nice
>> although it's a band-aid
>
>
> As you say: it's a band-aid. Nothing more. Security starts with
> addressing the causing, not cascading the symptoms. Especially since the
> main problem, lacking user education, is even further amplified.

ok what would you do when some of your stupid users
gets a virus ? reset a known good image ? that only works
if you have a homogenous windows env.

well not quite but if you have lots of different pc's with windows it's
a lot harder because you have
to manage a lot of different images

and what's the causing of security problems beside the user ?