| Nick R on Wed, 8 Sep 1999 15:33:21 -0400 (EDT) |
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(skip ahead to next paragraph for just the good stuff) My high school is attempting to give every student a password for login into the school computers. This is login to do anything on the computers. They've already attempted to implement this, but the software they purchased proved incompatible (hehehe). I am trying everything in my power to stop this from happening as it's a really really bad idea. This isn't a college. This is a high school. It also happens to be a high school with a rather large set of computer literate malcontents (myself included). Within a very short amount of time people would be logging in under other people's accounts and violating policy. Therefore, I'm looking for a solution. Fortunately I'm on very good terms w/ the head computer dude there and so we're going to try to put together a proposal for an alternative. What I've came up with so far is: s/key- I don't really know how this could be used for my situation securID- That's a card that gives you a key. It changes every minute so unlike a pass, if somebody steals just the number it gives, it's practically useless. A new card could be issued if the old one is lost. This solution seems good, but expensive. Unfortunately Security Dynamics hung up on me when they discovered I was a high school student. Idiots. Challenge & Response- I've heard of this solution from Enigma, but I can't access their web site as listed in yahoo. I'm not even sure what it is. Some kind of keycard. I believe this just sends a string of text that can be captured into notepad or the like if borrowed. That shouldn't present too much of a problem. So if anybody can give me some more details such as price, other solutions, and really anything else, please do. Just so you know, this must work for about 1200 students plus faculty and hmm, I don't know how many computers. Probably between 100 and 300. -Laktar, a.k.a. Nick Rosen, laktar.dyndns.org If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord: 32. I will not fly into a rage and kill a messenger who brings me bad news just to illustrate how evil I really am. Good messengers are hard to come by. -- Peter's Evil Overlord List, http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com _______________________________________________ Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug
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