Originally Posted by
jurupa 
You are paying access to their network, which means you agreed to a set of rules and regulations. So therefore the college has the complete right to force you to install the anti-virus program. And how do you know if the program is worse than Norton? You don't. Heck you have not even tested the program to see what info it sends to the server(s), let alone test it for any trojan like abilities. Just because it comes from the college does not mean its crappy.
Could they find out if I modified the program on my computer after installation to not send information to their servers? I have no idea how they would enforce people to install this symantic thing. I wonder how the people using Linux and unix-based systems feel. There isn't a version of that stupid software available for them. Heh, I should try to connect with Ubuntu just to see how that works P:
Originally Posted by
jurupa And I bet if they have a good setup, they also know their security was looked at as well and know which computer it was done from. Its not really smart to check such things from a computer placed in such location like that. You are much better connecting a laptop to a network port and going from there.
Well yea, but I haven't done any hacking. Not only that, but they didn't require a login, the computers were already logged in, and everything. I didn't type anything personal or specific, figuring the mess is keylogged Sure, people looking at their security makes them uncomfortable, but they have no way of finding it was me, particularly on that day. Thanks for the pointer though!
Originally Posted by
jurupa Don't be surprise if they say no. And don't be an idiot and try and get around their rules, even if they don't have that great of a security setup (my guess is that they do have a reasonable to good setup). Because if you get caught getting kicked out of school will be the last thing you will worry about.
True that. Thanks for kicking me into the right gear. I just sent my email to them, with all questions regarding computers. I'll be sure to let you know how their response goes.