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

[ivo schindler]

> You don't need to share passwords if the proxy is holding the password.
> 
> You *do* need to have some authorization on the proxy, or you've made the
> web pasword useless :-)

sorry, thats what i meant. i still have to hand out some logininformation. in
this case not those for the private website therefor a proxyaccount.

its much better than giving an account for the real system but still not
comfortable enough. especially as access is only needed during the
videoconference itself. and it wont work, lets say, with a java tool or
something non-proxy-able.

greets.ivo




> > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] shared browser with private website possible?
> > 
> > don't you need to hand out passords as well? of course one 
> > could generate sessionpasswords, but it is still to 
> > complicated. Compared to all the proposed solutions it is 
> > much less difficult to use microsoft netmeeting to share 
> > secured websites. i think this is a pity and i don't want to 
> > propose netmeeting. it lacks a lot of usefull stuff that AG provides.
> > 
> > maybe an extended pictureviewer, where one could grab the 
> > actual screen and refresh it every second would already 
> > almost solve this problem...
> > it wont be very elegant. but more comfortable than the other 
> > solutions (hardware, vnc, proxy)
> > 
> > is there anything planned for sharing for example a secured 
> > website or a local window for an upcoming release of AG or by 
> > some independent developer?
> > 
> > thanx again and greetings.ivo
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 08:11:10AM -0500, Ivan R. Judson wrote:
> > > 
> > > 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
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