On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Paul wrote:
> > > > >I don't see the problem if you use a good and strong VPN. If was the case in > >my last job and we worked for a bank. > > Probably not if properly setup on both sides by IT personnel. > > But what if you want a 100% save connection with someone that has never seen a > computer in Zimbabwe, completely central managed for control within 10 seconds > passing every firewall ? > Most of our clients came to us for the latter and never looked back. > If needed, our enterprise clients can lock special features or instructions > passing the server for particular sessions, automatically and centrally > managed.. > Actions can be limited per admin console. > Vnc will work in most cases, but not as secure and certainly not thru every > firewall without user intervention. > Also, the features you can build in if you have complete control are > unlimited. Banks are very paranoia about security (and rightly so), and having a proprietary protocol which they can control is then to be preferred over a mash-up of open source components. We made here a program for controlling FTP sessions to a mainframe, control which goes very far beyond anything that a regular FTP client or server does. It's used mainly by banks and insurance companies. It's a special breed of client... Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
