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Student Attempting To Improve School Security Suspended

Posted by Zonk on from the no-good-deed-goes-unpunished dept.

TA_TA_BOX writes "The University of Portland has handed a one-year suspension to an engineering major after he designed a program to bypass the Cisco Clean Access (CCA). According to the University of Portland's Vice President of Information Systems, the purpose of the CCA is to evaluate whether the computers are compliant with current security policies (i.e., anti-virus software, Windows Updates and Patches, etc.). Essentially the student wrote a program that could fool the CCA to think that the computers operating system and anti-virus were fully patched and up to date. 'In the design of his computer program, Maass looked at the functions CCA provides and identified vulnerabilities where it could be bypassed. He wrote a program that emulated the same functions as CCA and eliminated some security issues. He says that the method he chose is "one of six that I came up with." Maass says his intent was not malicious. Rather, the sophomore says he was examining vulnerabilities so that they could be fixed. "I was planning on going to Cisco with the vulnerability this summer," Maass says. '"

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  1. Whatever happened to just Smoking in the Boysroom? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did you ever seem to have one of those days
    When everyone seemed to be on your case
    From your teacher all the waydown to your best girlfriend
    Well, that used to happen to me all the time
    But I found a way to get out of it

    Sittin' in the classroom thinkin' it's a drag
    Listening to the teacher rap--just ain't my bag
    When two bells ring you know it's my cue
    Gonna meet the boys on floor number 2

    Smokin' in the boys room
    Smokin' in the boys room
    Teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
    Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school

    Checkin' out the halls makin' sure the coast is clear
    Lookin' in the stalls--nah, there ain't nobody here
    My buddies sixx, mick & tom
    To get caught would surely be the death of us all

    Smokin' in the boys room
    Smokin' in the boys room
    Teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
    Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school

    Put me to work in the school bookstore
    Check-out counter, and I got bored
    Teacher was lookin' for me all around
    Two hours later you know where I was found

    Smokin' in the boys room
    Smokin' in the boys room
    Teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
    Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school

    Smokin' in the boys room
    Smokin' in the boys room
    Smokin' in the boys room
    Smokin' in the boys room
    Teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
    Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school

    One more time

    Smokin' in the boys room
    Smokin' in the boys room
    Teacher I ain't foolin' around with your rules
    Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school

    Brownsville Station