[Novalug] Is Google Chrome going to threaten Linux?

Mackenzie Morgan macoafi@gmail.com
Wed Jul 8 22:38:03 EDT 2009


On Wednesday 08 July 2009 10:29:10 pm ethan@757.org wrote:
> I also lost an argument over security. It is (sadly) easier to secure 
> windows over unix. With windows, if you have an office full of desktops 
> that are part of the domain, you can apply a group policy against the 
> users from the domain control and totally lock the users down. While 
> viruses are a threat if you use virus scanning applications they can be 
> managed centrally. While unix and linux environments can be secured, it is 
> indeed faster to secure a windows environment. I think you will find that 
> corporations have most of their stuff on lockdown. The mass infection and 
> people running file sharing apps getting owned probably mostly reside in 
> the small businesses?

Why not use LTSP + thin clients, then setup the group policies on the LTSP 
server using PolicyKit?

-- 
Mackenzie Morgan
http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com
apt-get moo
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