[jdev] Re: jabbix?

[Steve Blinch]

Peter Saint-Andre wrote:

> Anybody hear of these folks before?
Yep, in fact, I am one of these folks. :)

> Their system seems to support "interoptability" so it must be good.
Ugh... marketing is going to hear from me shortly. :)

> But my favorite line is this: “Jabbix is unique because it’s web-based,
> there’s nothing to download, therefore no security concerns.”
Perhaps this could've been better explained in the release, but this is
true on a number of levels. It's hard to run into the "buffer exploit du
jour" with a web-based client, since no code is executed on the client
side. And if an issue is found, a single server update takes care of it
- no need to deploy a desktop client patch across your entire network
via SUS/etc. There's also a lot more control available to the admin -
don't want users receiving unscreened files (eg: MSN's funner.exe) over
IM? No problem - take care of it at the server level.

(Sorry if this sounds like a shameless plug - just trying to clarify 
things. :) )

Steve