[KLUG Members] certificates

[Adam Williams]

> >>question, is it possible to use browser certificates with ltsp? I need 
> >>to install some certificates on the desktop. Because it is all browser 
> >>driven I thought to introduce ltsp as well.
> >I don't see the correlation between browser certificates and LTSP?  If
> >the browser knows the certificates it doesn't matter where it is
> >presented.
> Ok, but a browser started from a diskless workstation is loaded from the 
> server. In that case the same browser image can be loaded using the same 
> "real-directories' mounted thru NFS.

1.) Are you running the browser locally on the thin-client?  I know
current versions of LTSP support local applications.  But usually the
LTSP client is merely a display server; the browser, GNOME, window
manager, word processor, etc... are all RUNNING on the LTSP server (or
some host) and NOT on the client.  Given the girth of modern browsers
this is the preferred way, and not locally.  So the browser has nothing
to do with the LTSP/NFS exports.

2) If you are running local apps these are always(?) run from a
read-only NFS share, so yes, all the LTSP clients use the same NFS
export.

> Does this mean that I only need ONE browser certificate? I got 5 each 
> about $100 per certificate. When using ltsp I just need 1 ?

Do these certificates have something to do with the specific
application?  I get the feeling we aren't talking about boring old SSL
certificates.