Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 20:47:47 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Cloud" software ? Message-ID: <20120525204747.e18e57c6.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205251210080.62141@wonkity.com> References: <4FBF3EA9.2000103@esiee.fr> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205251514330.22501@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4FBF8F38.9070300@qeng-ho.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205251602350.22852@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4FBF9356.7040504@esiee.fr> <4FBF9BDF.4020208@qeng-ho.org> <4FBFA17A.7010906@esiee.fr> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205251210080.62141@wonkity.com>
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On Fri, 25 May 2012 12:11:43 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2012, Frank Bonnet wrote: > > > > Well ... in short I need to let our users ( students + profs ) access and > > share their data ( living in their UNIX home directories ) > > The access must be easy and possible from as much devices as possible. > > Am I clear enough ? ( sorry English is not my native language ...) > > "Access" is still a bit vague, but security/openvpn may be part of the > answer: http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source.html Some months ago, I read about an in-browser implementation of VNC (if I remember correctly), but I didn't store the link. Maybe that is an inspiration? Simple solution for simple people: People love web browsers, and the web is everywhere. So why deal with OS-specific access methods when all they need is a web browser, which is a solution they'll prefer anyway? There are also SSH clients written in Java or JavaScript. Together with webmail, web-based collaboration services and web-based storage concepts, why not add this to the mix? I know, attack vector, security hole, slow, unhandy and accessibility very limited to what the browser can do (both on input and output), but isn't that what people believe in? Don't disturb their circles, just give them what they pray for, a cloud... a shiny foggy cloud... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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