Re: security at .edus

["Dave \"No, not that one\" Korn" <davek_throwaway () hotmail com>]

Fixer wrote:
> Brian Eaton wrote:

> > than a secure network.  Plus a university network has fewer secrets
> > to protect than a business.
>
>
> Depending on the University, I might or might not agree with that.  I
> know of several that have DoD funded research projects going on that
> require Top Secret clearances just to work on.  Add to that all of the
> student data and you've got a pretty good trove of data.  When you
> combine that with the notoriously lax security at most of them you've
> got real problems waiting to happen.

s/waiting to happen/been going on for years/

  .edus have always been among the most widely-hacked targets since back in 
mitnick-days.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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