[THIN] Re: Safe fiel uploads
- From: "John Carlson" <johnc@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 14:26:42 -0500
I understand. My users do not. If it not as simple to use as, say a
telephone, it is simply beyond their grasp.=20
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Jeff Durbin
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 1:55 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Safe fiel uploads
You can change the target file location.
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Carlson
> Sent: Friday, 28 May 2004 3:33 a.m.
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Safe fiel uploads
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> Just wanted to throw in my 2 cents. :)
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> I use TSDropCopy at one of my clients and while it works=20
> great for me, the end users seem to have great difficulty=20
> making it work. I've explained it to them a million times but=20
> despite that they never seem to be able to find the files=20
> once they have uploaded/downloaded them. =3D20
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Durbin
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:45 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Safe fiel uploads
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> 1. Use antivirus software on the TS with realtime file=20
> scanning 2. Use group policy and Appsec to restrict the users=20
> to only executing the programs that you explicitly specify,=20
> in explicit locations (i.e.
> c:\program files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe). Or, if you've got a
> 2003 domain, you can accomplish this with Software=20
> Restriction Policies.
> 3. Give them TSDropCopy to upload files to anywhere they want=20
> (you said TS, not Citrix, so I'm assuming you're using straight TS)
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> jD
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nick Smith
> > Sent: Wednesday, 26 May 2004 10:50 p.m.
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Safe fiel uploads
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> > We want to allow some of our users to upload files into our TS=3D20 =
> >environement from their Thick Client PCs. Some of these will be=3D20 =
> >properly maintained corporate PCs; some of them will be home PCs=3D20 =
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> >probably full of viruses, spyware, executables and general nastiness.
> > =3D20
> > Our thinking is that we shouldn't just allow them access=20
> thorough=3D20 =20
> >standard TS Drive Mapping to their local drives, as they will,=3D20 =20
> >mailiciously or not, upload nasties.
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> > We are therefore planning to develp a small web-based app which=20
> >will=3D20 allow upload otuside the TS session into a=20
> quarantined, safe=20
> >area (By
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> > http or ftp). We will then scan this safe area for nasties=20
> before=3D20=20
> > moving the files into the user areas.
> > =3D20
> > 2 related queries;
> > 1) Is anyone else doing something similar? Does it make=20
> sense? Is=3D20=20
> > there some gaping flaw in the stratgey?
> > 2) Does anyone know of an engine that can scan a file store=20
> in this=3D20=20
> > way for generic 'nasties' - not just for viruses, which is easy,=20
> > but=3D20 for executables(For preference something that=20
> doesn't just look=20
> > at the
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> > '.xxx', but actually analyses the file) , known spyware, etc. We=20
> > can=3D20 probably chain together a script which calls NAV then =
SpyBot=20
> > then=3D20 AdAware etc, but that feels messy. Any thoughts?
> > =3D20
> > Nick
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