Hi Steve and all, On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 19:20:05 -0400 (EDT), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> > Since I used "dumb terminal" in quotes, there was > the implication that I was using the term in other > than the strictest sense. As hardware evolves, so > does our terminology. ;-) > To elaborate, what I mean here by "dumb terminal" > is a computer with limited communications protocols > which has as it's main (or only) function, the ability > to enter and retrieve data from a central server. If > no data is stored on it, or manipulated by it, then to > me, that's a "dumb terminal," regardless of whether it > runs DOS, a linux kernel, or OS/2. I'm sure there are no data on these terminals but software to manipulate data located on the remote ultrasecure server. I'm thinking of installing some kind of backdoor on a special terminal to use the original software installed there to manipulate the remote data. I'm sure these terminals (at least the ones at the office) are never logged out or switched off. The clerks there are offen leaving the terminals while customers sitting on the desks and there is still data on the screens. There is also no password secured screen saver or something like that. Anyway, I'm feeling not very secure about this. Regards Joerg -- Arachne V1.70, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
