[Opensim-users] Banning "bad" viewers was Re: Can this be done?

[Karen Palen]

--- On Tue, 1/12/10, Kyle Hamilton <aerowolf at gmail.com> wrote:
> All it takes is one person with the knowledge of how your system works
> to create a tool to bypass your security.  THAT is what script-kiddies
> use. 

Part of the problem is that they also use tools like IRC and Twitter to brag about it too!

> Security is a balance between unusability (you don't want the attacker
> to be able to use/deface your system) and usability (you do want to be
> able to do something with your computer, in this case allow
> your friends onto your sim).

There is another dimension to this balance, the value of what is being protected!

If your concern is merely that some halfwit will deface the system that requires a different balance from a system that contains proprietary software which is the total value of a company. Adding something like controls for remote drones (RPVs) alters that balance still further.

If security were simply a matter of applying some "magic pixie dust" then there would not be an ongoing discussion of the subject! Computer security is not a simple problem and there are no simple solutions.

Karen