Ubuntu in the University: dangerous installed applications?

[John L Fjellstad]

"Johan Ramm-Ericson" <ubuntu at ramm-ericson.se> writes:

> Yes, this is a loaded question and you'll probably get many answers
> with very varied advice... :-)
>
> A few which come to mind are: nmap, nmapfe, tcpdump, libpcap
>
> Also, even if you do not have compilers installed by default, giving
> students access to any disk area in which you can install anything is
> a potential security hazard. But now we are starting to touch on areas
> where it's a question of relative security vs. usability... and that's
> an endless discussion.

Seeing how it's a computer science lab, I don't think he could remove
the compilers.  Heck, I don't think removing nmap, tcpdump is a good
idea either. I certainly used it for my computer security classes.

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John L. Fjellstad
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