On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Luis Garcia-Puente <[email protected]> wrote: > Recently, a few math faculty members requested Computer Services in our > university to install Sage in each of the Windows-based computers in one of > our Computer Labs to support both our teaching and research needs. > > After the sys admin installed Sage in one computer, he "discovered" that > SAGE starts a server. Soon after, this was labeled as a "security risk" and > SAGE was removed from every computer in the lab.
Do they install Mathematica on the lab machines? -- William > We have scheduled a meeting > with these people to try and move forward with this problem. But I wanted to > know if people had encountered this problem in their universities and if > there are ways to go around it. It may very well be that nothing will change > their opinion, for example we are not allowed to use php in our websites or > to use ssh to remotely connect to our computers from home, again because of > "security concerns". So I am not sure if this is a very concrete question > and if there is a concrete answer. But perhaps something of the form "XYZ > university has this setup, may help us move in some positive direction". > > Regards, > > Luis > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-support" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support?hl=en. > > -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support?hl=en.
