[tech] Content Management for UCC

[Adrian Chadd]

On Thu, Dec 23, 2004, Duncan Sargeant wrote:

> > Case in point: a run of 'xploited-turned-spammeh machines on campus about
> > three months ago were, in all cases, windows 98 machines that had been off
> > for about a year. They were turned on and pwned very, very quickly.
> 
> Hey, they should be so lucky that they even powered up again :-)

Well, one machine was forgotten because its admin died. :-)

> Also, bear in mind that if you turn them off, at some point someone will
> stumble across this dead machine, strip it for parts, which will go into
> 3 different projects which will bring joy to their creators for a week,
> then distraction will strike, projects forgotten, the machine will never
> rise again.

Heh. UCC has access to plenty of PC hardware. IF you run out of PC hardware
I can arrange sparc and alpha hardware!




Adrian