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You are not the customer. The customer is someone who needs to roll this out to parts of their organization, they cannot depend on their users being able to set
by msh 6y ago
You are not the customer. The customer is someone who needs to roll this out to parts of their organization, they cannot depend on their users being able to setup secure crypto on their own or together with IT. They need something ready to use.
The is also a cover your ass perspective. If their homerolled solution had issues they had the problem, if this usbkey have the issue they can point to that they bought certified parts.
- Symmetry 6y agoWhen I was working in the military industrial complex we paid Red Hat for Linux even though we'd never have been able to use their support. The reason was that "Freeware" wasn't allowed on the servers. Sometimes the appearance of propriety to people who don't understand the issue can become very important.
- zknstr 6y agoIs it only appearance though ? When using free open-source software, the license always disclaim any warranty or liability related to the use of the software (the famous THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS"... paragraph). When buying the same software from a vendor, the contract may include not only warranty & support but also some level of liability in the event of a software/security/design flaw.
- marcosdumay 6y ago> When using free open-source software, the license always disclaim any warranty or liability related to the use of the software Have you find any proprietary operating system that doesn't come with that phrase? The only pieces of software that don't have something like this are very expensive consulting-first specialized ones.