Re: security issue with XP and school network

From: Jeremy (Nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 08/27/03 

Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:11:57 -0400

Besides being a ***, your Tech director is worried mostly about you
bringing in a virus, a back door Trojan, or something that could transfer
from your laptop to their network that would then compromise their security
and give someone else access to passwords, accounts etc.. But unfortunately
its also his fault for leaving his security so lax that anyone with a laptop
could plug in a gain access to the network. Will you crash there network
highly doubtful. Will you be able to hack and get into things more than
likely you will. 

-- 
Jeremy
"Stephanie Taylor" <stetayl@gisu.org> wrote in message
news:02e501c36cb9$4b474f60$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> For the last year, I have been accessing my school
> network with my XP computer. Suddenly my technology
> director is saying that doing that poses security issues
> for the network. All the systems here use 98. I have
> never had any trouble logging on. The first time I did it
> by plugging into a port with a CAT5 cable. THe system
> walked me through the process and now I just log on after
> plugging it in every morning. I can only access my files.
> They insist that I am compromising the security of the
> network. Are they correct? I want to continue to use my
> laptop when in school.
>
> Thanks