Re: [OpenVerse] where do I put the button!?

[Jon Winters <winters@obscurasite.com>]

On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Hell Fire wrote:

> 
> I'm afraid I'm going to have to agree with David T on this one..
> 
> easy server startup (by inexperienced users) means that people who
> probably don't fully understand security considerations would be
> able to easily open a potential door to their system.

Perhaps it might be a good idea to do it with a warning of the possible
security implications.  The fastest way to grow the userbase and number of
servers online at any given time is to make things very easy.  If security
issues are documented then the newbee is learning how to set up the server
and learning a little bit about security.  

The rapid increase in the number of servers will also help in the testing
and development of Openverse.  (and quite possibly the plugging of any
security holes)

Discouraging folks from setting up servers because we're afraid Openverse
is a security risk is not doing much at all for the project.

--
Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/
OpenVerse  http://www.openverse.org/

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