Subject: Re: ettercap anyone?
From: nathan r. hruby (nhruby@arches.uga.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 04 2001 - 06:59:30 MST
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Graham Leggett wrote:
> Bo Brinkman wrote:
>
> > While I sympathize with your predicament, I would advise you not to do
> > this. We have had at least 2 cases at my University where similar forms
> > of well-meaning behavior have resulted in prolonged and very painful
> > disciplinary action against the student.
>
> The best idea in this case is to bypass the techies (who you have said
> are not interested in fixing the security breach) and go direct to
> university management - not computer management - and complain to them.
>
I'm going to chime in (probably a day late beating a dead horse) and say
that, as a "computer guy" at a major University, your kind of actions with
or without assistance and knowledge from a person employed at a
non-administrative level will get you in major trouble. Where I am major
trouble = probation, expulsion, and / or referral to local or federal
authorities. Espically seeing as there's no critical and immediate danger
from a open breach, going through the proper channels, not over them,
would be your best bet.
Depending on the climate of your particular institution I would *strongly*
encourage you to take the advice proffered above and email higher level
officials and let them know of the problem. This is not only a techinal
issue but and administrative one as well, it can't be fixed from the
bottom up. Security isn't just "turning on SSL" it's a complete mindset
towards the implementation of a set of fairly complex systems that
requires analysis of all the parts (systems, infrastructure, the people
who run, maintain and use those parts).
-n
-- ...... nathan hruby - nhruby@arches.uga.edu computer support specialist department of drama and theatre http://www.drama.uga.edu/ ......
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