Re: Question for the group

[Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>]

--On February 12, 2006 9:02:07 AM -0500 TheGesus <thegesus () gmail com> wrote:

> On 2/11/06, Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu> wrote:
> > Recently we discovered that some message boards in China were posting the
> > urls for web proxies at various universities, along with "login
> > credentials".  In our case that meant the url and a sixteen digit number
> > that represented our "Comet Card" IDs, smart cards that we issue to every
> > student, staff and faculty member when they arrive.
>
> Do you think maybe what they're after is the Comet Card # and they are
> only using the proxy to generate & test valid #'s?
>
> What else can you get with a Comet Card?
Nothing digital.  The library proxy is the only use of that ID that allows 
remote access.  Everything else it's used for (like checking out books) 
requires a physical presence.

> I suppose this is the place...
>
> http://libproxy.utdallas.edu/login

Yes, that's it.

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/
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