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security-convienence slidebar in kpersonalizer
by Pyretic on Monday 27/Aug/2001, @02:45

Just read the item about "Web Form Autocompletion and Sensitive Data" in Kernel Cousin Kde #20, maybe it would be a good idea to have a kind of slidebar where the user can set the balance between security and convinience, kinda like Eyecandy-O-Meter we have now. I'm not sure how many security/convinience options there out there but it might be worth considering.

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Re: security-convienence slidebar in kpersonalizer
by ik on Monday 27/Aug/2001, @05:36

hmm, i don't think a security-o-meter would be a good idea. It might give users a false security feeling ... (my system is 80% secure, your system is 50% secure), and i think it is essential to security to know what security related options you just enabled/disabled.

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Re: security-convienence slidebar in kpersonalizer
by Arondylos on Monday 27/Aug/2001, @08:56

You shouldn't have a percentage slider, but something like

"no security"[no lan, no floppy, ...]
"non-networked workstation"
"LAN workstation, LAN is protected"
"system on a dial-up link to the net, and
if the system's cracked it's not the end of the world"

and the one most thoughts should go to:

"normal user on a dial-up or faster line"

and last but not least

"non-mission critical server system"

(mission-critical server system ain't ever have KDE installed I hope)

All that with a
"If you don't know nothing, choose normal user" and a nice "Warning! Important" sign might be a good idea. Obviously, except for 1st and maybe 2nd case almost all security options should be turned on, e.g. the autocomplete turned on for firewalled-LAN and dial-up user without important data (does such a thing exist?) and turned off for normal user. Paranoia by default is a good idea.

-Arondylos

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