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| Thread ID: 94835 | 2008-11-14 00:38:00 | Woah... | ubergeek85 (131) | PC World Chat |
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| 720116 | 2008-11-14 00:38:00 | I'm a student a CPIT, and for those who don't know, on every computer at CPIT, a message is displayed before loging in. I just found out how to change it. And not just on the local machine, but for every. Single. Computer. At CPIT. At all campuses. I'm wondering, should I change it, or just leave it be. If I change it, CPIT could take various actions, possibly even removing me as a student (although it would be a bit of an overreaction). Should I, and if so, change it to what? (this can be images too). I was thinking of flipping the message upside-down, and putting the text "This is not very secure" in addition to the current message. Remember, it would be viewed by thousands of students... Opinions/ideas? |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 720117 | 2008-11-14 00:41:00 | A less "look-at-how-clever-I-am" approach would be to document the steps you could take to hack the network and send that to the campus IT tech-heads. Less risky than actually doing it, and might even gain some brownie points.... | johcar (6283) | ||
| 720118 | 2008-11-14 00:47:00 | Write "This computer will self destruct in 5......4......3......2......1......... ........ ....... Anytime now......" |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 720119 | 2008-11-14 00:49:00 | I've done more digging. Turns out I can only alter the MOTD for one campus. joncar's one is probably the right thing to do. |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 720120 | 2008-11-14 00:52:00 | Have to admit I'd be very very tempted to change it, but no, not a good idea. Show what you did to get to that stage and then take it to admin. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 720121 | 2008-11-14 01:03:00 | OK, I did what I should've done, and emailed the IT desk. Here's hoping they do something about it before monday. |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 720122 | 2008-11-14 01:10:00 | Perhaps a brownie point or two for signs of maturity? | Scouse (83) | ||
| 720123 | 2008-11-14 01:12:00 | Awww, but there's no fun in maturity! | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 720124 | 2008-11-14 01:24:00 | Emailing the helpdesk isn't necessarily a smart idea either - dunno about your institution, but the one I work for has an IT policy that says you're not allowed to look for loopholes either - if yours is the same, they may opt to shoot the messenger rather than have their admins look bad. If I was you, I'd read the relevant statutes for your organisation first. If you must report holes, then for goodness sake don't email the whole team about it (particularly not the helpdesk) - find the person responsible and inform them directly. You DON'T want the admins pissed off with you because you made them look incompetant. [Edit: If you can't find the right person, then an anonymous tipoff is better.] |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 720125 | 2008-11-14 01:30:00 | Just read the appropriate policy (www.cpit.ac.nz) now. There's no 'shoot-the-messenger' stuff, which is good. Edit: And anyway, I alrealy sent the email, with my full name in it. |
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