Re: College discovers decade-old viruses harvesting data

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
Hannah <rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:
> http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/23273/clueless-in-san-francisco-
> college-discovers-decadeold-viruses-harvesting-data/
>
> This rather reminded me of a story:
>
> Once upon a time, back when BSIs were a Big Deal, I traced the first instance, in
> our fair city, of one in particular to a certain institution of post-secondary
> education.  Unfortunately, I did this for a media outlet.  Said institution rose up in
> indignation.  I was contacted, and told, in no uncertain terms, that the institution
> had no problem whatsoever with viruses.  They were certain of this, because,
> every Friday, at the end of the day, they blew off all the machines in their
> microcomputer labs, and re-installed the system and (apporved) software.
>
> If you will recall, back in those days, students at colleges did all their work on
> floppies, and had no accounts on the machines at the colleges.
>
> So, in a sense, the institution was correct.  They had no problems with viruses.
I'm aware of at least one college in Maryland where the student
network uses BOOTP for Windows images, so the wipe occurs nearly
daily. I don't know what they do for their other segments.

Jeff
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