Cor, memory lane....

although I've no idea what your address is, in general, I'd look it up
in my address book.

 

it is the case for me, though.

 

<looks blankly>

P.

 

Oh, how primitive.

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<sees light>



P.

 

it's somewhat quicker than booting up the PC.

On the other hand, to be honest, I don't /really/ use the physical
address book either; generally, if I'm going somewhere for the first
time, I'll find out the address, and then - get this - I'll remember
it. If not the actual postal address, at least where it is and how to
get there.

And if you're talking about snailmail, well, I plain don't use it.

 

*sigh*

ukrm didn't exist in 89 or 93, never mind existed for long enough for
me to have met people through it.

Unless you're talking about something completely hatstand.

 

only company supplied equipment can be connected to the network for
fairly sensible security reasons; it's not that we don't know how to
do it.

 

Too much excitement over the weekend has probably addled his brain.

 

Well yes, but I thought the whole point of VPN was that it ensured
that same security. Ours is set up such that I can start a remote
(Citrix-served) Windows session with no access to the local machine.
Screen images only are then passed over. From an external machine,
this is the _only_ way it works.

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`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2
`\|/`
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I know the addresses of the small number of people that get these.

Not in recent memory. The only things I put in a postbox are returning
Amazon rental DVDs and pre-addressed stuff like tax returns.

 

A VPN is an encrypted IP tunnel. No more, no less. What you're doing
there is using a thin client on top of your host OS. Not really a VPN at
all, more like a glorified dynamic web page with an illuminated padlock.

 

I think you misunderstand what I mean by security.

When my laptop is connected via the VPN, it's pretty much as if it
were plugged into the network, and security is managed by the RSA
encryption in the VPN software itself.

If I were to run the same client software on my personal PC, it might
be running all manner of trojan, keylogger, virus etc. which is why we
/don't/ let personal equipment connect to the network.

 

Water on the brain.

P.

 

No, I've since realised that I've misunderstood/misremembered how I
connect.

<snip explanation>

Yes, that would be the same on ours. What I've neglected to remember
is that for remote access from non-company kit, it's not VPN I use at
all, but a web client hooked up to use the same SecurID card as I use
for VPN. Said client then allows remote sessions on Windows, Unix or
whatever to be established.

My confusion.

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`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2
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Champ said...

Which is exactly why I have full fat Outlook, not the pikey diet
'Express' version. I still haven't found a bit of software that will
allow me to synch my Palm 3X with Outlook though, which would make life
even easier.

 

darsy said...

I could find my way straight to Champ's old place - the one near the
roundabout with the fuel station in the middle - but I haven't a clue
what the road name or house number was. I don't know many peoples
addresses, but I know where they physically live, IYSWIM.

 

Mark Olson said...

Thank you for that. I was unsure what software to download. Is it free?

 

Mark Olson said...

I'll try that when the free trial of Pocket Mirror I downloaded last
night runs out. Thanks.

I don't have the original Palm Desktop CD here, I had to download the
version I have installed.

 

that's exactly what I meant. If I've worked out where someone was
once, and got there, then I can always get there again without knowing
the address.