[dba-Tech] The state of the web

Good points,

Any application that will be deployed to your desktop has to have a level of
security, verification and person confirmation before proceeding. Any less
could result in serious malware damage within minutes.

Web browser based application require none of that and any improvements or
changes can either be performed via refresh or totally automatically with
not users intervention or component installation.

Until the competency of a user can be confirmed at the time of PC usage, we
will still have to rely on VPNs, AVs, Vera-signed applications, SSL
Certificates and well configured routers to protect users from themselves.
Confining users to a sandbox environment can be much more secure and
relaxing for a support tech.
  
Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 1:08 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The state of the web

Of course it can be done with a desktop type application..  

It helps if you use a OOP approach and encapsulated functionality and
resources into a 
collection of small DLLs,

The same sort of thinh happens all the time with AV program updates etc.
How many 
installations of Avast etc do you think get updated every minute?


-- 
Stuart


On 5 Dec 2012 at 12:21, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> A couple of year ago when putting in new system is one of the many "box"
> stores, between customers, a casher noticed her register touch screen
> browser image change, adding a few more buttons. A couple of modules had
> been added at some central location and then had been deployed, within
> minutes, to every store across North America, Europe and parts of Asia.
> Impressive to say the least. (That can never be done with a desktop type
> application...though a browser based management system can sure help.)
> 
> Jim
> 

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