[X2Go-Project] [X2Go-Dev] RfC: How should X2Go handle commercial offers/sponsorships and discussions related to that?

[Short, Kermit]

This would imply that Linux is more secure than Windows.  I would argue that any operating system is equally vulnerable.  Don't get me wrong, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Linux advocate, but a system is no more or less secure simply because of the OS it runs.  Security has to do mostly with how aware users are of computer security these days.  The overwhelming majority of attacks are perpetrated via phishing and other social engineering attacks, as opposed to someone managing to use system exploits to force their way into a system.

It may even be that a Windows system running at our site is more secure than a Linux system running at your average run of the mill business site.  We do try to dilligently care for our Nation's nuclear secrets ;-)

Either way, this is way off the topic of the thread... 
--
Kermit Short


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From: Mihai Moldovan [ionic at ionic.de]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 12:00 PM
To: Stefan Baur; Short, Kermit; Mike Gabriel
Cc: x2go-project at lists.x2go.org; x2go-dev at lists.x2go.org
Subject: Re: [X2Go-Project] [X2Go-Dev] RfC: How should X2Go handle commercial offers/sponsorships and discussions related to that?

On 27.01.2015 06:37 PM, Stefan Baur wrote:
> Am 27.01.2015 um 17:02 schrieb Short, Kermit:
>
>> I work for a federal nuclear research laboratory in the US. If my
>> participation here causes conflict, please let me know.
>
> That is what I don't want to get my hands involved in when it comes
> to military or nuclear use, and neither does Mike#1.

While I can understand your ethical point of not supporting those
sectors commercially, I feel you're both missing one particular dimension.

The technology is here and, especially in countries other than Germany,
here to stay. I'm not judging, whether this is good or bad. I will,
however, determine, that whenever someone uses X2Go, this implies one
less possibility to use Windows. Assuming the constraint, that at least
some nuclear power plants will not be shut down any time soon, I feel
better knowing their computers are running a Linux-based operating
system and not Windows.



Mihai