3 ms·
One time when I was an intern, I got screamed at by an old-timer technician when he found out I connected a few computers in a lab room to the Internet. Because
by xyzzy4 11y ago
One time when I was an intern, I got screamed at by an old-timer technician when he found out I connected a few computers in a lab room to the Internet. Because an Internet connection causes viruses.
- daemin 11y agoWell one certain way to have security on a computer is to have an air gap, i.e. do not connect it to any other network. (And yes air gap made more sense when all networking was with cabled, not with wifi.)
- xyzzy4 11y agoHis concern made sense but I thought he overreacted.
- daodedickinson 11y agoI can definitely think of many labs, for example at universities, where connecting them to the internet should result in termination.