Definitely. My employer has been doing this. Which is in theory great for us doing desktop deployments.
However, they need to specify some basic standards compliance (ie HTML levels etc). So far the problems we have had:
One app requires Netscape 4.x (yay! - supposedly to be replaced early next year)
One's 'required plugin' initially failed on Pentium-4's - until patched.
Another "requires an old version of Acrobat to view reports" - or to stuff around endlessly with preferences (which users can change back - breaking their use).
Aaarrggghhhhhh... Might as well be a binaries that only runs on Win95b....
There are also PC's around (eg, some IBM/Lenovo ThinkCentre desktops, Thinkpad Laptops and also some HPaq Notebooks) where this will do no good. Where de-soldering the security chip is about all you can do.
Not impossible, but it'd be easier to take the HDD out (unless of course it is also encrypted with the TCPA chip)
Thats why it doesn't matter whether Firefox (or Opera, or whatever) has been downloaded 7 squillion times - what matters it's use amongst those are likely to be conned into doing something insecure.
The vast majority of Firefox users that I know, are tech people - those not likely to be tricked by a phishing scam, or some stupid 'Would you like to install..." dialog. The fact that the stats show such a high usage for FF so quickly, is exactly that - us (yep I'm including all/.'s) who are likely to be using it, also spend a lot of time 'surfin'.
It doesn't matter how many times hotbar.com loads up its ActiveX box wanting to download - if I keep clicking No its not going to get loaded. However if my Mum, or someone else with little tech sense get to the same point they'll probably click on Yes (and I'll spend the next week cleaning the PC:-)
Until the non-techies all change to a different browser, hotbar and friends aren't going to start targetting it.
* I have Win95 and they haven't given me any NTFS yet! * Winge.
* Ford haven't updated my 1969 Mustang with ABS, and airbags either. * Winge.
Do you not understand? - in commercial world OLD products aren't given new features. It doesn't matter whether you are talking software, cars, or washing machines.
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However, they need to specify some basic standards compliance (ie HTML levels etc). So far the problems we have had:
Aaarrggghhhhhh... Might as well be a binaries that only runs on Win95b....
There are also PC's around (eg, some IBM/Lenovo ThinkCentre desktops, Thinkpad Laptops and also some HPaq Notebooks) where this will do no good. Where de-soldering the security chip is about all you can do.
Not impossible, but it'd be easier to take the HDD out (unless of course it is also encrypted with the TCPA chip)
Exactly
/.'s) who are likely to be using it, also spend a lot of time 'surfin'.
:-)
Thats why it doesn't matter whether Firefox (or Opera, or whatever) has been downloaded 7 squillion times - what matters it's use amongst those are likely to be conned into doing something insecure.
The vast majority of Firefox users that I know, are tech people - those not likely to be tricked by a phishing scam, or some stupid 'Would you like to install..." dialog. The fact that the stats show such a high usage for FF so quickly, is exactly that - us (yep I'm including all
It doesn't matter how many times hotbar.com loads up its ActiveX box wanting to download - if I keep clicking No its not going to get loaded. However if my Mum, or someone else with little tech sense get to the same point they'll probably click on Yes (and I'll spend the next week cleaning the PC
Until the non-techies all change to a different browser, hotbar and friends aren't going to start targetting it.
Jeez,
* I have Win95 and they haven't given me any NTFS yet! * Winge.
* Ford haven't updated my 1969 Mustang with ABS, and airbags either. * Winge.
Do you not understand? - in commercial world OLD products aren't given new features. It doesn't matter whether you are talking software, cars, or washing machines.
Thats no reason to stop bitching about MS, is it?