[WEB4LIB] "personal" firewalls

[Robert Day]

Larry

We use PAC 4 Windows - which I assume you are referring to - and the group 
policy based security in NT (and soon in 2000) without problems. What are 
the concerns of your IT dept?

Java WebPac is on the way out to be replaced by iPAC2.0 which will not be 
Java based. Given the design of webpac the sooner this happens the better.

Robert Day
Cambridgeshire Libraries, UK


>From: lscritch at netscape.net (Larry Scritchfield)
>Reply-To: lscritch at netscape.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
>Subject: [WEB4LIB] "personal" firewalls
>Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 16:36:28 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I would like to hear from libraries that are running "personal" firewalls -
>products like Black ICE Defender or Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm - on public-access
>computers. I have checked the archives and there doesn't seem to be
>any discussion of this there.
>
>My inquiry is prompted by concerns from our county IT staff has expressed
>over perceived security compromises of the library rolling out a
>Windows-based interface to our Dynix catalog (PAC for Windows). We won't
>be able to use the same NT group-based security model as we use for our 
>public Internet stations now.
>
>(And to answer a question of Thomas Dowling's from some weeks ago
>concerning Dynix Java WebPAC and Netscape 6.x: Of course the vendor,
>epixtech, has some responsibility to ensure the product works with
>common browsers. My impression is they're fleeing from Java and putting
>efforts into "next-generation" products.)
>
>Larry Scritchfield
>lscritch at mail.co.washoe.nv.us
>Internet Services Librarian                             (775) 327-8349
>Washoe County Library System                      www.washoe.lib.nv.us
>
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