[Pc_Support] Re: LUNA: [OT (for Linux)] Networking/hacked question ....

William A. Mahaffey III wam at HiWAAY.net
Wed Dec 14 15:36:12 EST 2005


Bryan J. Smith wrote:

>"William A. Mahaffey III" <wam at HiWAAY.net> wrote:
>  
>
>>.... I am posting this on behalf of a friend whose son is
>>the principal at a local high school in Gadsden, Al. He is
>>having a problem where someone is able to apparently
>>arbitrarily type (usually obscene) text on any screen on
>>their network at random.  I *think* it is an all-M$FT 
>>network, but will verify.
>>    
>>
>
>WinPopUp Hell, now more refined and even more dangerous as
>Windows Messaging (not to be confused with the MSN IM
>client).
>
>If they are running an ADS domain, there is no excuse, it can
>be quickly and effectively addressed with GPOs.  Heck, even
>distributed Local Policies for non-2000/XP clients, or with
>Samba servers, would be very effective.
>
>Sounds like the Windows admins don't know the first thing
>about maintaining a Windows client network.
>
>
>  
>

I *said* it was a high school network :-) .... probably no admin at all.

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	William A. Mahaffey III
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