[CS-FSLUG] Windows XP restrictions & exploits

[Josiah Ritchie]

:-) Yeah, maybe we need to intro them to virus software, ghost and perhaps
ad-aware. While were at it, firefox and thunderbird would be a nice
addition. Sounds like the tech guy either has a cushy job, way to much on
his plate, or just doesn't know what he's doing. I'm going to guess the 2nd
as that is not uncommon, IMHO. Kinda feel for the guy.

What is the structure there? How is the professor teaching programming
related to the rest of the school, part-time prof or the same guy who runs
everything? I'm having trouble seeing how anything could run at all as
stated.

If you have enough programming types, maybe you could start a school LUG.
Once organized, you might have a voice to present changes and offer to
help the school out. Definately try to be the benevolent assisters rather
than the discgruntled fiends in the eye of the administration.

JSR/

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:35:50 -0400
Don Parris <gnumathetes at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't have any suggestions on this, just wanted to say I really hate
> it for you!  What kind of school has you write computer programs that
> you cannot then run???  I recognize the need for security, but this
> seems rather sad in my view.
> 
> Don
> 
> 
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:25:40 -0600, N. Thompson <n.thomp at sasktel.net>
> wrote:
> > On September 29, 2004 07:44 pm, Bradly McConnell wrote:
> > > > I know it's generally considered a despicable option, but what
> > > > about writing the crypto app in JAVA and running it in a browser?
> > > > ASP.NET? Or perhaps even a macro for Word?
> > >
> > > Sounds like the word option would probably be blocked too.
> > > If you go the java route, make sure you have an idea what version is
> > > on the computer you will present it on - Sun or Microsofts VM.
> > 
> > I agree that word macros would probably be disabled, I do not know how
> > to write Java applets though since requires a knowledge of the awt
> > toolkit and I've always used swing, its also likely that Java plugins
> > in IE would be disabled since the school doesn't want kids to play
> > games on their computers.
> > 
> > I'm going to see whether I will be able to persuade them into letting
> > my use a Live CD distribution although I'm not likely to get
> > permission.