Re: [foxboro] Foxboro I/A OPC

  • From: stan <stanb@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Sieling, Marcel" <Marcel.Sieling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:49:33 -0500

On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 01:59:21AM -0500, Sieling, Marcel wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Tom wrote:
> > I think they will have to get great at web-based interfaces.  
> 
> Is everybody wanting this well aware that this opens the DCS systems to an
> uncontrolled and unsecure platform which is subject for hacker attacks?
> Noone from wonderware or Invensys or Foxboro can support any kind of
> problems on the browser side that may arise from this approach. Next: If
> this approach would be chosen, all DCS data would have to be exposed to the
> browsers on a webserver. How can this made really secure and stable? Do we
> want to rely on this technology for business-critical applications?
> 

It's called web services, and it can be made _very_ secure. And I can then
display the results on the browser of my choice, running on the OS of my
choice.

Thus, a totaly no Windows sollutin, given that the backend is implemeted in
a snae fashion!

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