Re: Hacked Workstations

From: megascout29 (megascout29_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:01:01 -0800

We do reimage the workstations whenever they get "hacked." We also reimage
them on a regular basis as just part of our routine system upkeep. Because
there are students who save files on these workstations we try not to reimage
than willy nilly because students lose their work and the IT dept gets blamed.

Yes we supply the students with CD-Rs to save their work on but many of them
do not do this, they just save their work to the local hard drive.

"John John" wrote:

> Hummm.... yes. But my idea is to open the whole darn workstations
> anyway. Make them (the workstations... or the students!) dummy
> terminals. So what if they have admin privileges. After a few days
> they will know that the exercise is pointless, there will be nothing but
> Windows on the workstation. SAM won't bother, AD on the server will
> rule. Some sort of image or network push could restore the workstation
> to the default state in a hurry. Or not... let the ones who break it
> learn how to restore an image. They should quickly find out that
> without the dummy terminals they can't do anything, tell them that their
> pc's are broken for 24 hours and get then to read Shakespeare. The days
> of broken terminals will over. Then they will set their sight on the
> server... another gate to hack.
>
> John
>
> Herb Martin wrote:
>
> > "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> > news:uDMh8d7GFHA.2752@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >
> >>Use Server 2003 with AD and the Knoppix kiddies will be lost. There
> >>will be no SAM to hack at the WORKSTATIONS in class. Does that make
> >>sense? Or am I right off the rails?
> >
> >
> > Well, there is a SAM on all Win2000+ DCs
> > but it only holds the emergency admin account.
> >
> >
> >
>

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