[jdev] Re: jabbix?

[Peter Saint-Andre]

In article <416CA305.9030201 at blitzaffe.com>,
 Steve Blinch <jdev at blitzaffe.com> wrote:

> 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: ³Jabbix is unique because it¹s web-based,
> > there¹s nothing to download, therefore no security concerns.²
> 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

Heh, thanks for the clarification. My guanometer always spikes when I 
see someone claim that there are *no* security concerns.... :-)

/psa