Carl,

Yeah, their website is as bad as their IS dept.  I got myself in a pile of 
crap some years ago (3 to be exact) when I managed to stumble my way into 
god-mode for my user account.  I managed to guess a user password for an 
account that transpired to have full nwadmin rights (I didn't know what the 
account was at the time but the username and password were the same).  I 
shoulda stopped there, but no, I didn't and got pulled through the wringer 
when they discovered a student with admin rights and a $150 print balance.

Ahhh, fun times.

Michael.

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>I've mostly decided to do an evening course at polytech (CPIT) this
>year, so I'm filling out the Enrolment Form. Being a pedantic sort of
>person, I was reading the fine print of the "Student Declaration", and
>along with the standard statements (I declare this information is true
>and correct blah blah blah), came this jaw-dropper:
>
>"I understand that this data may be sent over the internet unencrypted
>and therefore total security cannot be ensured."
>
>I'm reluctant to sign the thing now. Why would they be sending my
>information over the internet anyway? And if they had to, why not
>encrypt it?
>
>On a related note, their website is the worst one I've seen for a
>tetiary institution. I had to go to the website of other polytechs
>offering the same course to get some detailed information. If their
>website is an indication of the IT staff competency...
>
>
>Cheers,
>Carl.

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