Jeff Kinz wrote:
Any IT dept that equates sshd to a server is either not up to snuff technically (and in a really bad way.), or they are being duplicitous. (Thats another word for lying)
If it's open to the outside world? Yes, I'd call that a server. There have been remote security vulnerabilities in both OpenSSH and SSH.com's offerings. And I'd want to be sure that the box was being looked after, had sensible passwords, and was being patched promptly.
"Server" doesn't necessarily mean high-bandwidth. But it does mean certain security assumptions.
James.
But from the original post, all computers are open to the outside world and the users are responsible for their own security and have to run their own firewalls. I may have misunderstood this point but to me this is a major security risk from the get go in a Windows environment. One professor or student re-installing their OS but not the updates and poof, all hell breaks loose.
My short experience with Windows after win3.11 is limited but in all cases it was a nightmare with virus and Trojans being caught by anti-virus software on an almost daily basis in an organization behind a firewall.
-- Robin Laing
