On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah <rmsl...@shaw.ca> wrote: > http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/23273/clueless-in-san-francisco- > college-discovers-decadeold-viruses-harvesting-data/ > > This rather reminded me of a story: > > Once upon a time, back when BSIs were a Big Deal, I traced the first > instance, in > our fair city, of one in particular to a certain institution of post-secondary > education. Unfortunately, I did this for a media outlet. Said institution > rose up in > indignation. I was contacted, and told, in no uncertain terms, that the > institution > had no problem whatsoever with viruses. They were certain of this, because, > every Friday, at the end of the day, they blew off all the machines in their > microcomputer labs, and re-installed the system and (apporved) software. > > If you will recall, back in those days, students at colleges did all their > work on > floppies, and had no accounts on the machines at the colleges. > > So, in a sense, the institution was correct. They had no problems with > viruses. I'm aware of at least one college in Maryland where the student network uses BOOTP for Windows images, so the wipe occurs nearly daily. I don't know what they do for their other segments.
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