[tech] WebCT access now denied from wireless

Adrian Chadd adrian at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Mon Oct 1 12:52:23 WST 2007


On Mon, Oct 01, 2007, Grahame Bowland wrote:
> Anyone using the proxy is also transmitting their password, likely
> their Pheme password, in the clear. The fact that there is one
> password that grants access to all student services without a
> thought-out plan to protect that password is a hard thing for UCC to
> fix. Is it really worth caring, other than to report the problems to
> ITS (or possibly higher up?)

They'll claim its UCC's problem. :)

(And squid does Digest authentication now. Woo.)




Adrian



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