Spread program on all workstations in Windows network

[CrAz3D]

IF your talking about me Joe, we have IE.

He's probably talking to quasi-modo since quasi mentioned the Firefox thing

[Skywing]

I'd imagine most schools use transparent proxies.

This is my experience as well.

[iago]

What I meant was each computer has a basic logon such as NPC0023, where as an individuals username looks like MAS040633. NPC0023 doesnt require a password and is linked to that PC noone else. They cant trace what person is using the computer if logged on under NPC0023.

That's a stupid way of doing things, but oh well

Don't forget that they can (and probably do) read your conversations without your knowledge.  Just don't talk about private or illegal stuff, and you'll probably be ok. 

I'd imagine most schools use transparent proxies.

This is my experience as well.

The other alternative is to block all ports that go from the inner network to the outside world, except for on the proxy server.  Then the only way to get out is going through the proxy.  That has the bonus of killing most other networked programs (bots, brute-forcers, IM, etc) at the same time. 

In my experience (which, admittedly, is limited), transparent proxies, for some reason, break easily and don't handle traffic as well as they should.  It's possible that there are ones that work fine, but I have not seen them. 

[111787]

Last year I managed to gain the Administrator password, access the local grade server, and disable all the site blocking software at my school in about 5 mins.  Then some freshman realized the site block was off and went to a porn site, and well they literally pulled the plug.  It was kinda easy since the Admin login was Technology and so was the password for everything.

[MrRaza]

The admin at my old highschool left his teacher's account logged on my workstation for some reason. I changed my mark for the course and adjusted others that are contained on one of the teachers shares where all the marks are stored. Then I found a text file with every students lastname, firstname, number, parents business number, sex, etc, it looked like a text file that was used with one of Active Directory's commnad-line tools, CSVDE, to import a file with a large amount of users into the domain controllers database. Then simply used Novell's built-in messenger service to message every computer in the school that was powered on about a 100 times over. All this in less than two minutes, with no security camera's in the room. So no one suspected me.

[iago]

The admin at my old highschool left his teacher's account logged on my workstation for some reason. I changed my mark for the course and adjusted others that are contained on one of the teachers shares where all the marks are stored. Then I found a text file with every students lastname, firstname, number, parents business number, sex, etc, it looked like a text file that was used with one of Active Directory's commnad-line tools, CSVDE, to import a file with a large amount of users into the domain controllers database. Then simply used Novell's built-in messenger service to message every computer in the school that was powered on about a 100 times over. All this in less than two minutes, with no security camera's in the room. So no one suspected me.

If somebody had walked in on you, or had been monitoring the system  (who knows how, there are tons of ways) and saw you change the mark, you'd probably be expelled and, at least where I live, you'd very likely serve jail time.  So basically, you'd be throwing your life/future away to have some fun with a computer.  Is that really worth it?

[Meh]

Last year I managed to gain the Administrator password, access the local grade server, and disable all the site blocking software at my school in about 5 mins.  Then some freshman realized the site block was off and went to a porn site, and well they literally pulled the plug.  It was kinda easy since the Admin login was Technology and so was the password for everything.

They dont block google. Go to images, select Do not Filter My Results. Then type n porn or something. It wont get blocked.

[Eric]

Last year I managed to gain the Administrator password, access the local grade server, and disable all the site blocking software at my school in about 5 mins.  Then some freshman realized the site block was off and went to a porn site, and well they literally pulled the plug.  It was kinda easy since the Admin login was Technology and so was the password for everything.

They dont block google. Go to images, select Do not Filter My Results. Then type n porn or something. It wont get blocked.

Content filtering does just that and does not require Google being blocked.  Having uncensored internet access in schools is a significant liability so it's taken very seriously.

[Joe[x86]]

But it's done through a proxy, which is disabled with the snap of a finger, unless they have some decent netadmins who disabled your right to change IE settings.

[dxoigmn]

But it's done through a proxy, which is disabled with the snap of a finger, unless they have some decent netadmins who disabled your right to change IE settings.

A transparent proxy, not some IE proxy setting.

[MyndFyre]

But it's done through a proxy, which is disabled with the snap of a finger, unless they have some decent netadmins who disabled your right to change IE settings.

It doesn't even need to be a transparent proxy.  I can't get ANY public internet at work without the explicit proxy settings enabled.

[Joe[x86]]

@dxoigmn: There's a difference? Call me stupid if you want, but honestly, I thought 'transparent' was describing anonomity (however you spell it).

[dxoigmn]

@dxoigmn: There's a difference? Call me stupid if you want, but honestly, I thought 'transparent' was describing anonomity (however you spell it).

A transparent proxy is a proxy that is invisible to the user. That is, all traffic is routed through the proxy transparently (without the client's knowledge), which allows all traffic to be filtered or shaped without the user being able to do anything about it. It's their network, they can do whatever hell they want.

[MrRaza]

The admin at my old highschool left his teacher's account logged on my workstation for some reason. I changed my mark for the course and adjusted others that are contained on one of the teachers shares where all the marks are stored. Then I found a text file with every students lastname, firstname, number, parents business number, sex, etc, it looked like a text file that was used with one of Active Directory's commnad-line tools, CSVDE, to import a file with a large amount of users into the domain controllers database. Then simply used Novell's built-in messenger service to message every computer in the school that was powered on about a 100 times over. All this in less than two minutes, with no security camera's in the room. So no one suspected me.

If somebody had walked in on you, or had been monitoring the system  (who knows how, there are tons of ways) and saw you change the mark, you'd probably be expelled and, at least where I live, you'd very likely serve jail time.  So basically, you'd be throwing your life/future away to have some fun with a computer.  Is that really worth it?

Well, if someone did walk in on me, it is hard to tell the difference between teacher accounts and student accounts desktop wise. And of course the consequences of getting caught are there, that's what makes it interesting. The thing is, I didn't get caught, the network admins probably wouldn't monitor a teachers account that is the head of the Cisco learning department at the school, instead I think they'd be monitoring the how many of hundreds other students that might have been logged on at that time. I don't suggest hacking or anything of that sort, I would barely called this hacking . But I do agree with you, it is really risky to throw away your education and career. I have a friend that got caught doing something similar to this, and pleaded guilty to some sort of hacking charge given to him by the RMCP and the school.