[lobbying-org] Homerton CO, privacy and Linux

[Robert Beattie]

On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Martin Keegan wrote:
> It is alleged that the CO of Homerton wants anyone who has a machine
> plugged into the network to hand over the root password, and will only
> allow Windows and MacOS.

And whilst I'm reminded, recent information suggests that Hughes Hall has
a firewall which blocks, amongst other things, ftp (and, IIRC, shttp -
both pieces of information need to be checked). On the other hand they
apparently supply all their students with a terminal of some sort (old
PC?); and do, of course, allow them to replace it with their own machine.

Robert