Maybe OT: Network ethics

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Sun Feb 3 17:43:57 2002

>
> I'm still pretty much floored by the reactions of some local
> members. Not surprisingly, almost all of the "IT professionals" thought
> it was a given that access is denied until granted. What did surprise
> me was the number of the [younger] 31337 h4x0rz who see nothing out of
> line about just plugging in, _anywhere_. A few were quite shocked to
> learn that there are laws against it.
>

Well, once you start noticing students running network snoopers on
your networks, and capturing all sorts of account passwords, it sort
of makes it imperative to prevent someone from just plugging in
an unauthorized computer. Having an separate network for people to
plug in, that you can keep isolated, is ok. But the non IT professionals
dont realize the difference, or why it is necessary.

-Lawrence LeMay
Received on Sun Feb 03 2002 - 17:43:57 GMT