Experience with 'Secure' Exam Testing Software?

Durindana writes "My law school has decided using the Exam4 software from Extegrity, thinking it would be a good idea. I disagree; the software can only be used by students on their own laptops, and (of course) Exam4 is mono-platform. Anyone have experience using this software (e.g. security level, reliability) or, hopefully, successfully opposing its use? It strikes me as a hell of a disadvantage to students who'd like an alternative to hand-writing but - for some strange reason - don't own a Windows laptop."

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To re-phrase

[psilosopher256]

To re-phrase this question: "What are the security vulnerabilities of my exam software, and how can I exploit them to do well on my test?"

Exam software??

[ewhenn]

How long until the masses discover "net send"??

UltraSecure Mode

[joelparker]

From the website, emphasis mine:

• "UltraSecure Mode" requires a special "Start Code"
  for invoking "UltraSecure Mode" and a "Secret Number"
  for unlocking the encrypted exam answers; and our nifty
  "ExamOpener" utility software that "semi-automatically"
  retrieves exams from the floppy disks...

And cheaters get "Double Secret Probabtion"
then a nifty fine of "One Trillion Dollars"
and jail time in an "UltraSecure" cell
guarded by "Sharks With Laser Beams"

What kind of name is "Extegrity"?

[Feztaa]

I'm surprised that nobody else has brought this up, but hear me out...

If "interior" is the opposite of "exterior", then what is the opposite of "extegrity"? :)

Re:You can't trust the client

[JamesP]

Surely a law school, of all places, would have someone who knows a bit about information security on staff?

I am sure they have several DMCA specialists....