[TriLUG] Linux Lab

[Jeff Bollinger]

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Obviously, any Network Operating System is a "powerful tool", but I
think this lab can be established with full Internet connectivity
successfully.  I can do the same amount of damage from a Windows 2000
system if I can get in without authentication.  Anonymous access is
fundamental to useful computer labs, especially those in libraries.

Jeff

Stephen Schaefer wrote:
| Since it sounds as if this lab will have internet
| connectivity, I highly recommend *against* anonymous
| access.  Linux boxes are powerful tools.  Powerful
| tools need to be used responsibly, so folks need to be
| accountable for what they do with them.
|
| Otherwise, I know exactly from where I'm going to
| launch my next root DNS server attack.
|
| [To law enforcement and other humor impaired entities:
| the previous sentence was for illustrative purposes
| only and bears no relation to reality.  I didn't do
| it!]
|
| On the other hand, if this lab is going to run
| off-net, go ahead, knock yourself out :-).
|
|     - Stephen P. Schaefer
|
| --- Jeff Bollinger <jeff01 at email.unc.edu> wrote:
|
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|>What are y'alls recommendations for an
|>open-source/Linux computer lab?
|>This would be a public lab, which I think we'd want
|>an auto-login rather
|>than having people with different accounts.  Of
|>course it would have to
|>be secure (the main focus), but also incredibly
|>useful with lots of good
|>open-source tools (development, web, imaging, etc.)
|>We're thinking
|>strictly RedHat, w/ X Windows running.
|>
|>Anyone know anyone who's succesfully done this, or
|>where I can find some
|>great info?
|>
|>Thanks,
|>Jeff
|>- --
|>Jeff Bollinger
|>University of North Carolina
|>IT Security Analyst
|>105 Abernethy Hall
|>mailto: jeff_bollinger at unc dot edu
|>
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Jeff Bollinger
University of North Carolina
IT Security Analyst
105 Abernethy Hall
mailto: jeff_bollinger at unc dot edu


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