http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Security_%26_Privacy_Issues&feed=atom&action=historySecurity & Privacy Issues - Revision history2024-03-29T00:43:40ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.24.1http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Security_%26_Privacy_Issues&diff=22299&oldid=prevChris Caven at 21:47, 7 February 20102010-02-07T21:47:23Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is important that these IDs be globally unique.  For example, if you decide you want to add LinuxMCE telephony to your system and allow other LinuxMCE users to call you by dialing your user name, your user name must be unique.  If you go on vacation and decide you want to allow a neighbor with LinuxMCE to add a scenario on his Orbiter to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">turns </del>on the lights in your yard, the lights in your yard must have different IDs from the lights in his yard.  To ensure that all these IDs are unique, your local "LinuxMCE Admin" site will request a unique ID from the linuxmce.org web site when you add a new installation, user, or device.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is important that these IDs be globally unique.  For example, if you decide you want to add LinuxMCE telephony to your system and allow other LinuxMCE users to call you by dialing your user name, your user name must be unique.  If you go on vacation and decide you want to allow a neighbor with LinuxMCE to add a scenario on his Orbiter to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">turn </ins>on the lights in your yard, the lights in your yard must have different IDs from the lights in his yard.  To ensure that all these IDs are unique, your local "LinuxMCE Admin" site will request a unique ID from the linuxmce.org web site when you add a new installation, user, or device.  </div></td></tr>
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</table>Chris Cavenhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Security_%26_Privacy_Issues&diff=15907&oldid=prevMarie.o: Modified linuxmce.com to linuxmce.org2008-10-21T17:20:33Z<p>Modified linuxmce.com to linuxmce.org</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>You will notice that you have an installation number reflected on some screens, therefore.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>You will notice that you have an installation number reflected on some screens, therefore.</div></td></tr>
</table>Marie.ohttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Security_%26_Privacy_Issues&diff=12067&oldid=prevPerspectoff at 23:15, 21 May 20082008-05-21T23:15:04Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, no information about the device -- other than the ID -- is stored on the LinuxMCE server.  Your passwords, configuration settings, and other confidential data are stored locally and there is no 'back door'.  The default installation <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">when you use the Kick-Start CD </del>disables all outside access -- you can only access the LinuxMCE Admin website from within your home<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.  You can use the LinuxMCE Admin website to selectively [[Outside_Access|allow some devices to be accessed from the outside]], however</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, no information about the device -- other than the ID -- is stored on the LinuxMCE server.  Your passwords, configuration settings, and other confidential data are stored locally and there is no 'back door'.  The default installation disables all outside access -- you can only access the LinuxMCE Admin website from within your home.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The LinuxMCE Admin website can be [[Outside_Access|set up to be accessed from the Internet]], <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for example</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>You will always be warned of any possible security risks that that may entail, and the site will help you setup proper barriers to prevent unauthorized acccess (such as SSL certificates for encryption).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">You can use the [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]] to selectively [[Outside_Access|allow some devices (such as Web Orbiters) to be accessed from the outside]], however. </ins>The LinuxMCE Admin website <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">itself </ins>can <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">also </ins>be [[Outside_Access|set up to be accessed from the Internet]], <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as well</ins>. You will always be warned of any possible security risks that that may entail, and the site will help you setup proper barriers to prevent unauthorized acccess (such as SSL certificates for encryption).</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the future, LinuxMCE will offer secure, encrypted tunneling services through our secure servers. That way you can access your local Admin website securely without having your own SSL certificate, even if your ISP blocks incoming connections or does not provide you a static IP.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the future, LinuxMCE will offer secure, encrypted tunneling services through our secure servers. That way you can access your local Admin website securely without having your own SSL certificate, even if your ISP blocks incoming connections or does not provide you a static IP.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Perspectoffhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Security_%26_Privacy_Issues&diff=12066&oldid=prevPerspectoff at 23:12, 21 May 20082008-05-21T23:12:47Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>We take your security and privacy very seriously.  All information about your LinuxMCE system is stored in your local Core and is accessed using the local [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]] installed on the Core.  This information never leaves your Core with the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">only </del>exception of the user IDs, Installation IDs, and Device IDs.   </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>We take your security and privacy very seriously.  All information about your LinuxMCE system is stored in your local Core and is accessed using the local [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]] installed on the Core.  This information never leaves your Core <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</ins>with the exception of the user IDs, Installation IDs, and Device IDs<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins>.   </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is important that these IDs be globally unique.  For example, if you decide you want to add LinuxMCE telephony to your system and allow other LinuxMCE users to call you by dialing your user name, your user name must be unique.  If you go on vacation and decide you want to allow a neighbor with LinuxMCE to add a scenario on his Orbiter to turns on the lights in your yard, the lights in your yard must have different IDs from the lights in his yard.  To ensure that all these IDs are unique, your local "LinuxMCE Admin" site will request a unique ID from the linuxmce.com web site when you add a new installation, user, or device.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is important that these IDs be globally unique.  For example, if you decide you want to add LinuxMCE telephony to your system and allow other LinuxMCE users to call you by dialing your user name, your user name must be unique.  If you go on vacation and decide you want to allow a neighbor with LinuxMCE to add a scenario on his Orbiter to turns on the lights in your yard, the lights in your yard must have different IDs from the lights in his yard.  To ensure that all these IDs are unique, your local "LinuxMCE Admin" site will request a unique ID from the linuxmce.com web site when you add a new installation, user, or device.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>You will notice that you have an installation number reflected on some screens, therefore.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>You will notice that you have an installation number reflected on some screens, therefore.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, no information about the device -- other than the ID -- is stored on the LinuxMCE server.  Your passwords, configuration settings, and other confidential data are stored locally and there is no 'back door'.  The default installation when you use the Kick-Start CD disables all outside access -- you can only access the LinuxMCE Admin website from within your home.  You can use the LinuxMCE Admin website to selectively allow some devices to be accessed from the outside, however.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, no information about the device -- other than the ID -- is stored on the LinuxMCE server.  Your passwords, configuration settings, and other confidential data are stored locally and there is no 'back door'.  The default installation when you use the Kick-Start CD disables all outside access -- you can only access the LinuxMCE Admin website from within your home.  You can use the LinuxMCE Admin website to selectively <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Outside_Access|</ins>allow some devices to be accessed from the outside<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, however.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The LinuxMCE Admin website set up to be accessed from the Internet, for example.  You will always be warned of any possible security risks that that may entail, and the site will help you setup proper barriers to prevent unauthorized acccess (such as SSL certificates for encryption).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The LinuxMCE Admin website <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">can be [[Outside_Access|</ins>set up to be accessed from the Internet<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, for example.  You will always be warned of any possible security risks that that may entail, and the site will help you setup proper barriers to prevent unauthorized acccess (such as SSL certificates for encryption).</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the future, LinuxMCE will offer secure, encrypted tunneling services through our secure servers. That way you can access your local Admin website securely without having your own SSL certificate, even if your ISP blocks incoming connections or does not provide you a static IP.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the future, LinuxMCE will offer secure, encrypted tunneling services through our secure servers. That way you can access your local Admin website securely without having your own SSL certificate, even if your ISP blocks incoming connections or does not provide you a static IP.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Documentation]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Documentation]]</div></td></tr>
</table>Perspectoffhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Security_%26_Privacy_Issues&diff=11914&oldid=prevPerspectoff at 05:28, 21 May 20082008-05-21T05:28:39Z<p></p>
<table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'>
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<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">←Older revision</td>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 05:28, 21 May 2008</td>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><p></del>We take your security and privacy very seriously.  All information about your LinuxMCE system is stored in your local Core and is accessed using the local [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]] installed on the Core.  This information never leaves your Core with the only exception of the user IDs, Installation IDs, and Device IDs.   </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>We take your security and privacy very seriously.  All information about your LinuxMCE system is stored in your local Core and is accessed using the local [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]] installed on the Core.  This information never leaves your Core with the only exception of the user IDs, Installation IDs, and Device IDs.   </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is important that these IDs be globally unique.  For example, if you decide you want to add LinuxMCE telephony to your system and allow other LinuxMCE users to call you by dialing your user name, your user name must be unique.  If you go on vacation and decide you want to allow a neighbor with LinuxMCE to add a scenario on his Orbiter to turns on the lights in your yard, the lights in your yard must have different IDs from the lights in his yard.  To ensure that all these IDs are unique, your local "LinuxMCE Admin" site will request a unique ID from the linuxmce.com web site when you add a new installation, user, or device.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is important that these IDs be globally unique.  For example, if you decide you want to add LinuxMCE telephony to your system and allow other LinuxMCE users to call you by dialing your user name, your user name must be unique.  If you go on vacation and decide you want to allow a neighbor with LinuxMCE to add a scenario on his Orbiter to turns on the lights in your yard, the lights in your yard must have different IDs from the lights in his yard.  To ensure that all these IDs are unique, your local "LinuxMCE Admin" site will request a unique ID from the linuxmce.com web site when you add a new installation, user, or device.  </div></td></tr>
</table>Perspectoffhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Security_%26_Privacy_Issues&diff=11913&oldid=prevPerspectoff at 05:28, 21 May 20082008-05-21T05:28:16Z<p></p>
<table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'>
<col class='diff-marker' />
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<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 05:28, 21 May 2008</td>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><p>We take your security and privacy very seriously.  All information about your LinuxMCE system is stored in your local Core<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">--not on LinuxMCE's servers--</del>and is accessed using the local <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>LinuxMCE Admin<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" web site </del>installed on <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">your </del>Core.  This information never leaves your Core with the only exception <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">being </del>the user <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ID's</del>, Installation <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ID's</del>, and Device <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ID's</del>.  It is important that these <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ID's </del>be globally unique.  For example, if you decide you want to add LinuxMCE telephony to your system and allow other LinuxMCE <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">user's </del>to call you <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for free </del>by dialing your user name, your user name must be unique.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Or, if </del>you <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">later </del>go on vacation and decide you want to allow a neighbor with LinuxMCE to add a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">button </del>on his Orbiter <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that </del>turns on the lights in your yard, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">then </del>the lights in your yard must have different <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ID's </del>from the lights in his.  To ensure that all these <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ID's </del>are unique, your local "LinuxMCE Admin" site will request a unique ID from the linuxmce.com web site when you add a new installation, user, or device. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>However, no information about the device--other than the ID--is stored on LinuxMCE<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s </del>server.  Your passwords, configuration settings, and other confidential data are stored locally and there is no 'back door'.  The default installation when you use the Kick-Start CD <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is to disable </del>all outside access--you can only access the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>LinuxMCE Admin<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </del>website from within your home.  You can use the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>LinuxMCE Admin<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" site </del>to selectively allow some <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pieces </del>to be accessed from the outside, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">such as being able to access your local "</del>LinuxMCE Admin<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" web site </del>from the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">internet</del>.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However, you </del>will always be warned of any possible security risks that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">you </del>may <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">introduce</del>, and the site will help you setup proper barriers to prevent unauthorized acccess<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>such as SSL certificates <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to encrypt your web site, just like online banking systems do</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> Also, in </del>the future, LinuxMCE will offer secure, encrypted <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tunnelling </del>services through our secure servers <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">so </del>you can access your local <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">web site </del>securely without having your own SSL certificate, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </del>even if your ISP blocks incoming connections or does not provide you a static IP.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></p></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><p>We take your security and privacy very seriously.  All information about your LinuxMCE system is stored in your local Core and is accessed using the local <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>LinuxMCE Admin <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Website]] </ins>installed on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </ins>Core.  This information never leaves your Core with the only exception <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of </ins>the user <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">IDs</ins>, Installation <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">IDs</ins>, and Device <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">IDs</ins>.   </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is important that these <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">IDs </ins>be globally unique.  For example, if you decide you want to add LinuxMCE telephony to your system and allow other LinuxMCE <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">users </ins>to call you by dialing your user name, your user name must be unique.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">If </ins>you go on vacation and decide you want to allow a neighbor with LinuxMCE to add a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">scenario </ins>on his Orbiter <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </ins>turns on the lights in your yard, the lights in your yard must have different <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">IDs </ins>from the lights in his <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">yard</ins>.  To ensure that all these <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">IDs </ins>are unique, your local "LinuxMCE Admin" site will request a unique ID from the linuxmce.com web site when you add a new installation, user, or device.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">You will notice that you have an installation number reflected on some screens, therefore.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However, no information about the device -- other than the ID -- is stored on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </ins>LinuxMCE server.  Your passwords, configuration settings, and other confidential data are stored locally and there is no 'back door'.  The default installation when you use the Kick-Start CD <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">disables </ins>all outside access -- you can only access the LinuxMCE Admin website from within your home.  You can use the LinuxMCE Admin <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">website </ins>to selectively allow some <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">devices </ins>to be accessed from the outside, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">however.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The </ins>LinuxMCE Admin <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">website set up to be accessed </ins>from the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Internet, for example</ins>.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">You </ins>will always be warned of any possible security risks that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that </ins>may <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">entail</ins>, and the site will help you setup proper barriers to prevent unauthorized acccess <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</ins>such as SSL certificates <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for encryption)</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Perspectoffhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Security_%26_Privacy_Issues&diff=6204&oldid=prevLozzo at 03:02, 1 October 20072007-10-01T03:02:18Z<p></p>
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</table>Lozzohttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Security_%26_Privacy_Issues&diff=3417&oldid=prevJerry finn at 15:14, 16 March 20072007-03-16T15:14:11Z<p></p>
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font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><p>We take your security and privacy very seriously.  All information about your <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LinuxMCE </ins>system is stored in your local Core--not on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LinuxMCE</ins>'s servers--and is accessed using the local "<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LinuxMCE </ins>Admin" web site installed on your Core.  This information never leaves your Core with the only exception being the user ID's, Installation ID's, and Device ID's.  It is important that these ID's be globally unique.  For example, if you decide you want to add <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LinuxMCE </ins>telephony to your system and allow other <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LinuxMCE </ins>user's to call you for free by dialing your user name, your user name must be unique.  Or, if you later go on vacation and decide you want to allow a neighbor with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LinuxMCE </ins>to add a button on his Orbiter that turns on the lights in your yard, then the lights in your yard must have different ID's from the lights in his.  To ensure that all these ID's are unique, your local "<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LinuxMCE </ins>Admin" site will request a unique ID from the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">linuxmce</ins>.com web site when you add a new installation, user, or device.  However, no information about the device--other than the ID--is stored on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LinuxMCE</ins>'s server.  Your passwords, configuration settings, and other confidential data are stored locally and there is no 'back door'.  The default installation when you use the Kick-Start CD is to disable all outside access--you can only access the "<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LinuxMCE </ins>Admin" website from within your home.  You can use the "<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LinuxMCE </ins>Admin" site to selectively allow some pieces to be accessed from the outside, such as being able to access your local "<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LinuxMCE </ins>Admin" web site from the internet.  However, you will always be warned of any possible security risks that you may introduce, and the site will help you setup proper barriers to prevent unauthorized acccess, such as SSL certificates to encrypt your web site, just like online banking systems do.  Also, in the future, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LinuxMCE </ins>will offer secure, encrypted tunnelling services through our secure servers so you can access your local web site securely without having your own SSL certificate, and even if your ISP blocks incoming connections or does not provide you a static IP.</p></div></td></tr>
</table>Jerry finnhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Security_%26_Privacy_Issues&diff=2443&oldid=prevWikiadmin at 05:09, 28 August 20062006-08-28T05:09:35Z<p></p>
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</table>Wikiadminhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Security_%26_Privacy_Issues&diff=2442&oldid=prevWikiadmin at 05:07, 28 August 20062006-08-28T05:07:24Z<p></p>
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