Conversations on the Web, Sep 1

Interesting conversations going on around the place:

• Archiving of Encrypted Notes Mail Messages. Sean is undertaking due diligence on email archiving for his employer, which uses Notes Mail. He's trying to understand how the products on the market deal with Notes mail messages that have been encrypted. I wonder what Rod Drury of Aftermail would have to say about how they handle this? Phigment Said What?, Phigment Said More, and ControlsCaddy


• Five Reasons to Avoid Linux. Steven Vaughan-Nichols, a known Linux advocate, writes about "five reasons for not embracing Linux", including (1) Linux is too complicated, (2) Linux is a pain to set up, (3) Linux doesn't have enough applications, (4) Linux isn't secure, and (5) Linux is more expensive. Make sure you read the twist at the end, however. LOL. Linux Watch


• DB2 for Domino 7 is Still Cooking. The final code for optional DB2 support in Domino 7 was not included in the Domino 7 release. Ed explains why, and how customers can get access to the current edition for testing and evaluation. Ed Brill


• Mart on LCS Presence Code. Mart Muller has links to the sample presence and IM applications for Live Communications Server 2005. Mart Muller


• Central Desktop Review. Intranet Journal reviews Central Desktop, a tool designed to help small teams collaborate better. Intranet Journal

Comments

[Sean Burgess]

After taking a look at After Mail's site, I figured out why I wasn't looking at them. They do not support Domino Mail servers so they weren't on my radar screen.

That said, I would be interested in hearing how Exchange shops that have implemented 3rd party encryption tokens are incorporating those messages into their archiving solution. I had a meeting with a major archiving player yesterday and they didn't seem to have an answer nor did they seem to concerned about it. Either email encryption is not being used very much or the archiving vendors and their clients are ignorant to what could be a nightmare issue.

Sean---

[Rod Drury]

Best of Breed Notes solution is not far away. We do Exchange, GroupWise and are well into a redevelopment of our Notes Connector.

On encryption, what we are hearing from compliance officers is that the email pipeline should encrypted rather than the store. Sarbanes Oxley legislation requires the ability to audit messages.

We think that the store should be encrypted but that keys are allowed for the compliance reviewer role.

[Michael Sampson]

Rod,
There are a number of people -- Sean included -- who could give some very appropriate feedback into your product design work on the Notes solution with Aftermail. I hope you can link up with them.
M.