Security of data

[Randy James]

Hi Mike

I was hoping someone would have a easy fix, but i guess not. I do not make the
assumption that when i allow people to veiw something that they can download it
and or keep it. In my book if you see something it does not mean that you own it.

Randy

--- Mike Davis <mike.and.kerry at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> If you allow users to access something on their computers you must
> operate under the assumption that you have just given that user the
> ability to keep any information they download.  If you really want to
> prevent them from removing images, make them use a kiosk or something
> to access your mapserver information.
> 
> As far as I know every system that purports to limit user access to
> information "temporarily" downloaded to their computers (quicktime
> temp files, flash audio, etc...) has been hacked.
> 
> -mike
> 
> On 6/29/05, Randy James <rjames57 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Well ED thats my question also how do I protect from what you mentioned also?
> The
> > only way I have been doing it now is not to let anyone that should not see it
> on
> > the site by passwords.
> > 
> > --- Ed McNierney <ed at TOPOZONE.COM> wrote:
> > 
> > > Randy -
> > >
> > > If the information is that sensitive, what's to keep the users from
> > > doing screen captures and saving the image files, regardless of what you
> > > do with MapServer?  Unless you have a well-built secure laptop
> > > environment, anything you put on the screen can go on the disk.
> > >
> > >       - Ed
> > >
> > > Ed McNierney
> > > President and Chief Mapmaker
> > > TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
> > > 73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
> > > North Chelmsford, MA  01863
> > > ed at topozone.com
> > > (978) 251-4242
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
> > > Behalf Of Randy James
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:23 PM
> > > To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> > > Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Security of data
> > >
> > > I was trying to figgure out how to protect sensitive information. We
> > > have mapserver set up on our LAN, which does not allow http requests
> > > from the internet. It protects our data from the internet but now I am
> > > getting people who want to do reasearch in our office using thier own
> > > laptop. The problem i am faced with is the c:\windows\temp\*.png files
> > > that is downloaded by thier internet explorer. How do I make sure they
> > > are not taken out of our office when they pack their laptop out? Is
> > > there a way to display the maps and not have these files in the
> > > windows\temp folder?
> > >
> > > Randy
> > >
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