Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 20, 2006 10:35 PM
3 questions:
1a- Is the Sync Kolab IMAP link to the IMAP server encrypted at all? Does the IMAP settings overall affect this security? Is there a level of PGP that might exist between Client and the IMAP server of this IMAP Sync Kolab data of Calander and Contact data?
How much protection is there for this data going from Client to IMAP server (and visa versa) during synch?
1b- With this Sync Kolab IMAP Calander and contact data once on IMAP server..., then can the data once on the IMAP server be viewable by admin at the IMAP server?
How much protection is there once the data is on the server?
2 - When there is a security update for Thunderbird gets pushed by a distro out to users of Thunderbird, then does this affect the plugins that are added at all, ex: a configured Sync Kolab configuration (where you have to go in an rebuild the Plugin to work again for every LTSP user that is using the LTSP server)?
3 - For those that run LTSP.org server(s) and this one problem where LTSP.org stuff is not supported at the "distro" level (meaning the potential for stuff can come as regular distro updates or secrurity updates that disturbs the peaceful operating user environment, due, I am guessing, due to some stuff being worked on by the folks at the distro level not allowing LTSP.org related thoughts to be in the mind(s) of whoever is to work on something)...
In a LTSP.org environment, the perfect world would be that when we run a LTSP server that updates and secruity updates don't render the applications unusable to the point where we have to go in an fix stuff! The same with Plug-ins that are not part of the distro supported version of Thunderbird, for an LTSP.org install! This LTSP.org not supported at the distro level, is a problem with LINUX overall, and it really needs to be answered with standards and distros releasing updates that are friendly to LTSP installs, and the distros (and apps like Thunderbird) need to be friendly to 3rd party plugins as well (LTSP running or not)!
So - How far out, timewise, is an upgrade and security update solution to be addressed with various LINUX distros (LTSP supported fully, plugins supported, etc) ?
Comment: It seems that the Ubuntu family are trying to do this (make LTSP part of Ubuntu,and supported), but I fear that they are missing the help that K12LTSP.org and LTSP.org folks can give them, given the long long time that K12LTSP.org and LTSP.org folks have been on the LTSP road...one would think that Ubuntu would have them as more integrated into the team... I don't see where Dapper Edubuntu flight releases even have dual NIC installs (like K12LTSP.org) that shows that Edubuntu folks are not taking advantage of the logic that K12LTSP.org has already processed.
4 - Follow up question (A Thunderbird security question):
Evolution will not execute certain files, and types of files, that come into the mail client. Does Thunderbird also prevent execution of "problem" files as they show up and are viewed in the Thunderbird mail client as well?
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Question about Thunderbird and Sync Kolab, etc!
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 20, 2006 10:35 PM1a- Is the Sync Kolab IMAP link to the IMAP server encrypted at all? Does the IMAP settings overall affect this security? Is there a level of PGP that might exist between Client and the IMAP server of this IMAP Sync Kolab data of Calander and Contact data?
How much protection is there for this data going from Client to IMAP server (and visa versa) during synch?
1b- With this Sync Kolab IMAP Calander and contact data once on IMAP server..., then can the data once on the IMAP server be viewable by admin at the IMAP server?
How much protection is there once the data is on the server?
2 - When there is a security update for Thunderbird gets pushed by a distro out to users of Thunderbird, then does this affect the plugins that are added at all, ex: a configured Sync Kolab configuration (where you have to go in an rebuild the Plugin to work again for every LTSP user that is using the LTSP server)?
3 - For those that run LTSP.org server(s) and this one problem where LTSP.org stuff is not supported at the "distro" level (meaning the potential for stuff can come as regular distro updates or secrurity updates that disturbs the peaceful operating user environment, due, I am guessing, due to some stuff being worked on by the folks at the distro level not allowing LTSP.org related thoughts to be in the mind(s) of whoever is to work on something)...
In a LTSP.org environment, the perfect world would be that when we run a LTSP server that updates and secruity updates don't render the applications unusable to the point where we have to go in an fix stuff! The same with Plug-ins that are not part of the distro supported version of Thunderbird, for an LTSP.org install! This LTSP.org not supported at the distro level, is a problem with LINUX overall, and it really needs to be answered with standards and distros releasing updates that are friendly to LTSP installs, and the distros (and apps like Thunderbird) need to be friendly to 3rd party plugins as well (LTSP running or not)!
So - How far out, timewise, is an upgrade and security update solution to be addressed with various LINUX distros (LTSP supported fully, plugins supported, etc) ?
Comment: It seems that the Ubuntu family are trying to do this (make LTSP part of Ubuntu,and supported), but I fear that they are missing the help that K12LTSP.org and LTSP.org folks can give them, given the long long time that K12LTSP.org and LTSP.org folks have been on the LTSP road...one would think that Ubuntu would have them as more integrated into the team... I don't see where Dapper Edubuntu flight releases even have dual NIC installs (like K12LTSP.org) that shows that Edubuntu folks are not taking advantage of the logic that K12LTSP.org has already processed.
4 - Follow up question (A Thunderbird security question):
Evolution will not execute certain files, and types of files, that come into the mail client.
Does Thunderbird also prevent execution of "problem" files as they show up and are viewed in the Thunderbird mail client as well?
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