[SGVLUG] NFD over Internet

[Alex Roston]

John E. Kreznar wrote:

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>Alex Roston <tungtung at pacbell.net> writes:
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>>Would this be safe?  Would it be secure?
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>I stopped using it because of the lack of anonymity, but if your
>customers are using a web-based application, they apparently don't
>care about anonymity.
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True. The issue is to be able to sell the kiosks to big corporate 
accounts like Motel 6, with the idea that there will be a "Motel 6" card 
available that will work at all the Motel 6 locations in their part of 
Canada, so that someone can use 15 minutes in City A, and fifteen 
minutes in City B, etc.

However, the kiosk application itself isn't a web-based application. 
It's an ordinary Linux desktop based on IceWM and Idesk and a bunch of 
programs/scripts I've cooked up. When someone tries to use any 
application, the system loads the card manager program and asks for a 
card number, then boots Mozilla (or Gimp, or whatever.)

The problem is that my customer doesn't want to buy an expensive, 
special purpose router which will force a browser to go to a special 
site. Ideally, we want the existing card management program to integrate 
with a web based solution.

Alex

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