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Any security issues with installing dropbox.com software on SL6?
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Steve Gaarder <[log in to unmask]>
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Steve Gaarder <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:39:04 -0400
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I have a group of SL 6-based workstations set up with users' files on an 
NFS file server.  One of the users wants me to install the dropbox.com 
software on his (client) machine.  I'm wondering whether this might create 
an opening for someone to hack into not just that user's files, but other 
files on the server.  Does anyone have any insights into the degree of 
risk here?

thanks,

Steve Gaarder
System Administrator, Dept of Mathematics
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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