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Precisely. When VNC (for example) is the only way company secrets ever reach your machine, said machine does not need to be as trusted.
by sliverstorm 13y ago
Precisely. When VNC (for example) is the only way company secrets ever reach your machine, said machine does not need to be as trusted.
- roc 13y agoAs with DRM - you can't make data accessible to an untrusted client and retain any control over how it might be (mis)used. Anyone telling you that you can, is selling something. VDI and VNC might make a certain class of contemporary malicious use/programs less convenient, but malicious code and habits will change far, far faster than enterprise architecture.
- sliverstorm 13y agoObviously sophisticated screenreading software could extract secrets through VNC, or malware could be entered via keyboard. But the "VNC gap" immediately obviates the risk of unsophisticated attacks. No more viruses spreading over SMB. Rather limited bandwidth (preventing raw copies of The Hobbit in 4k from being ripped via VNC). It isn't bulletproof, but you can't pretend it doesn't help.