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Show of hands: who here would want to be the admin for a network you know is going to be routinely infected with any number of malware or rootkits.
by edc117 11y ago
Show of hands: who here would want to be the admin for a network you know is going to be routinely infected with any number of malware or rootkits.
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- TeMPOraL 11y agoNetworks in school are supposed to facilitate education. The standard approach of making everything impossible to use so that nobody can break anything may work in a corporation, but it does not work for education.
- megaman22 11y agoBut that is what they do anyway. I learned a lot from using school computers - like how to access VPNs and routing proxies so that I could defeat Bess[1] and access the Sun Java docs to do my AP computer science homework. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Web_SmartFilter_EDU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Web_SmartFilter_EDU
- CaptSpify 11y agoI would, depending on the implementation. Basically, can I just have a "wipe-and-go" policy? or do I have to manage user-settings/profiles/etc. Things are much easier if you "embrace" the idea that you'll be infected, and that machines aren't special snowflakes.
- CodeWriter23 11y agoDocs in the cloud, combined with "Wipe and go" is our chosen disaster plan. I realize of course this is not perfect. When it breaks down however, I feel there are really good lessons to be learned. Like keep prized docs on that thumb drive like we've been telling the kids.