Security of data

[Pericles S. Nacionales]

Randy,

This is an issue best resolved by legal experts.  I agree with Ed and 
Mike...  Kiosks are your only solution to truly safeguard that 
information.  If you don't want users to have a digital copy of whatever 
information it is, you shouldn't let them have access to it with their 
own machines.  Even a click-through license won't give you that much 
shield, I don't think.

Talk to a lawyer though, because I'm not.

-Perry

Randy James wrote:
> 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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