[WEB4LIB] Re: help (addidas-net or sneaker-net)

[Dan Lester]

Rather than punish the majority of good users who would use floppy
drives as intended, why not put security software such as DeepFreeze
on the computers?  That way you machines end up in mint condition
after a reboot, no matter what anyone does via floppy or downloading.

dan

Monday, July 15, 2002, 8:02:10 AM, you wrote:

MLM> Yes. As a tech for a library cooperative, on numerous occasions I have
MLM> seen floppy drives used to manipulate and hack into public workstations.
MLM> This is why I recommend using floppy drive locks on any public exposed
MLM> system.




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