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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Listers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yesterday I had a student
show me a security hole in our network where he could add print credit to his
GAIA account.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The share in which the
software is held has read permissions so that the workstation can access
details of the user’s account before printing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The details of the
vouchers are kept in that same share. He was able to access the records of the
unused vouchers and give himself –or anyone else – extra credit. Of
course that is traceable but…….. You might like to examine your own
to see if you can tighten up. (He is now working on a challenge to be able to
add print credit untraceably!!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As I often say to
students, you should always investigate things thoroughly – especially
jobs and always do background checks before you apply. After all, one
doesn’t want one’s students (or friends) to make the same mistakes
one made one’s self !! (when one was younger of course).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Andrew Shortell</span></font><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'>Braemar</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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