[AG-TECH] shared browser with private website possible?

[Ivan R. Judson]

The other alternative is to use the shared browser with a shared proxy; this
changes the application structure slightly, but makes it much more like the
trivial shared applications that have been done for decades, simply
multiplexing input and output.

We did a shared adventure back in '93 that way that was a smash hit :-)

--Ivan 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov 
> [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of ivo schindler
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:57 AM
> To: Hank Magnuski
> Cc: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] shared browser with private website possible?
> 
> Hi Hank
> 
> Thank you for your answer, it was the only one!
> 
> you are right in the points of security and so on. but 
> hardware is out of scope of my thesis and it would use 2 
> computer for every node plus your hardware. as i would use AG 
> for a big amount of Workingspaces i think your proposed 
> solution is not realistic.
> 
> do you or anybody else know any other solution? i've tested 
> vnc but this is neither integrated in ag nor does it scale at all.
> 
> thank you and greetings.
> ivo schindler
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 07:30:13AM -0700, Hank Magnuski wrote:
> > On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, ivo schindler wrote:
> > 
> > > hi all
> > > 
> > > i want to share a private website (secured by htpasswd or 
> even one 
> > > in a private subnet). how can i manage that, without giving the 
> > > login- informations to the others? Is that possbile at all?
> > 
> > Yes. We offer an alternative solution to solve this problem 
> which is 
> > more secure and easier to use than the various software solutions 
> > currently available.
> > 
> > Take a look at this product:
> > 
> >   http://www.ncast.com/telepresenterG2.htm
> > 
> > It captures the analog RGB signals from the output of a PC (in your 
> > case, the secure PC logged into the private subnet showing the 
> > internal page) and then packetizes and multicasts this image as a 
> > high-resolution MPEG-4 multicast (1024x768 at 8 frames/sec).
> > 
> > Thus, ANYTHING shown on the desktop of the PC will be captured and 
> > broadcast to the other nodes (web pages, Powerpoints, Excel, custom 
> > software, etc.).
> > 
> > The security of the internal network is assured because the link 
> > between the internal and external networks is an RGB cable 
> which acts 
> > as a natural and complete firewall.
> > 
> > Any of the other solutions require the presentation PC to be on the 
> > external network (the Access Grid nodes) and the internal network 
> > (private
> > subnet) simultaneously, allowing for potential security faults.
> > 
> > If you have any questions about this, or if you would like to see a 
> > demo of this for your government project, please let me know.
> > 
> > Hank
> > 
> 
>