[AG-TECH] New Gentner Software

[Markus Buchhorn]

At 05:52 PM 26/07/2001 -0700, Jay Beavers wrote:
>We've been asked to consider a web management interface to each of the
>Windows XP nodes for use by network technicans et al who we don't want
>to give remote desktop capabilities to but who need to be able to
>monitor diagnostic status and adjust settings on an individual node
>basis.  That's high on our priority list.

Great to hear it - that'll be very useful. The remote desktop approach 
(also achievable with vnc) does little to unify the UI of all the various 
bits and pieces (to suit the apps suite of the hour :-) ), even if they are 
all running on the one system. I suspect it also does not readily allow 
multiple operators to manage different aspects of the one node. Plus 
there's the resourcing issue (running to Bob's wireless laptop or PDA :-) ).


>I spent the time
>during setup to properly secure them and spend a few minutes each week
>checking logs and checking for security related patches.

Hear, hear.

Cheers,
         Markus

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