I've been silent on this, but.... On May 6, 2004, at 9:54 PM, Will Hill wrote: > systems. People like John Ashcroft already think they own the > information. > Hmm... I smell a democrat on the list... (I'm a libertarian, so I think republicans AND democrats get it wrong... :-) > > it's name or creation date. The patron could be given a temporary > name and > password that they can change with reasonable instruction. Anyone > breaking > I'm sorry, but I find that most users in the general populace don't even know when to single click and when to double click. I think you're overestimating the general patronage of libraries. > > Help me out, what am I missing? I understand that giving people shell > accounts increases vulnerability. I know that sophisticated users can > use > local exploits to gain root. What I don't see is the harm in it that > merits > the loss of all that can be had. It seems that a system can be > designed that > assumes it will be broken anyway and protect the things that will be > lost > before it happens. > You are forgetting the overhead of all of this. Most people that use a computer at a library just want to get on a web browser and check their hotmail account or look up abook on amazon. They really don't want much more... Why add all the overhead of maintaining user accounts? I understand the advantages of people having their own account, but I don't think it is really necessary.
> > On Thursday 06 May 2004 07:43 pm, John Hebert wrote: >> The term "hax0r heaven" comes to mind here. >> >> C'mon Will, are you serious? Libraries are very >> concerned with the legal issues concerning information >> technology and privacy. Linux is not as secure as you >> might think, especially if someone has local access to >> your machine. >> >> Let me put it this way: why don't you put one of your >> Linux boxes outside of your firewall and then post a >> message to alt.warez.never.enough.drive.space that you >> are offering free accounts? I'm sure you will learn a >> lot. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
