Doesn't this violate the Interstate Commerce Clause? States do not have the power to regulate commerce between states. The only downloads this should apply to need to be originated and terminated in Wisconsin, in which case I believe that normal sales tax would apply.
No one said the data collection server had to be off-net. The control system should most definitely not be. Control and data distribution should just be on separate machines.
The better practice would be to make raw access a non-issue. Don't give the user account the privileges to accomplish anything that wouldn't be possible with the application itself. If you're using some sort of SQL database, consider limiting the permissions on the account to stored procedures that correspond your application's features.
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Doesn't this violate the Interstate Commerce Clause? States do not have the power to regulate commerce between states. The only downloads this should apply to need to be originated and terminated in Wisconsin, in which case I believe that normal sales tax would apply.
No one said the data collection server had to be off-net. The control system should most definitely not be. Control and data distribution should just be on separate machines.
I'd be interested to see if the journals that are missing out just forgot to pay their bribes on time.
TimeStomp? ...can't `touch` and a bash script accomplish the same thing?
The better practice would be to make raw access a non-issue. Don't give the user account the privileges to accomplish anything that wouldn't be possible with the application itself. If you're using some sort of SQL database, consider limiting the permissions on the account to stored procedures that correspond your application's features.