re security

[ELIZABETH BLAKELY/REFERENCE]

About libraries not being a big target for prowlers...  

You might read Tom Delaney's article in Computers in Libraries 
(16:2:1996, p 8+).  The article  describes his nasty experience of having 
the library computers at Colorado State U. hacked.  The article's 
upshot, Libraries systems are good targets; they have large quantities 
of data being stored and searched but  not lots of sophisticated 
utilities or programs.  Delaney contends that they  are good places for 
hackers to hide.  

When I worked as a systems administrator, I always tried to be 
concerned about the accounts on our machines but instill folks with a 
sense of keep your materials secure so that people cannot abuse/use your 
account for other nefarious purposes:  security holes start can be small 
but can affect more than just one person or machine.

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