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Computer science student expelled for testing university software security
cmpm:
My best guess is they voted according to keeping their own jobs.
Knowing a little about how administration operates.
mouser:
I think part of what has really gotten under my skin about this story is.. It's the professors in this department who should have known better. *THEY* should have been standing up *against* the college bureaucrats who wanted to expel him.. defending his curiosity and spirit and going to bat for him and fighting for a more proportional response. Shame on these professors -- shame on them. The only thing for them to do now is come forward and explain themselves and explain themselves -- or recant and come to his defense.
Stoic Joker:
Better yet, having already by way of their own vote assigned a quantity of guilt to said situation ... The professors should be forced to share in said quantum of guilt for improperly teaching him what not to do.
If outrage is not to be conserved, then it should be allowed to expand proportionately across all involved in the interest of fair play (my version).
40hz:
I get the feeling that many people who don't deal with large system administration issues tend to be more "forgiving" and "understanding" (whatever that means in this context) then do those of us who deal with it for a living.
;D
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Out of curiosity...does anybody know what the school's official written policy is on this? The schools I'm familiar with all require signed agreements before granting access to the university's data centers and their network. IIRC the two I dealt with both had unambiguous policies regarding the unauthorized use of scanning and related tools, along with severe penalties for doing so.
cmpm:
I don't think it's about forgiveness and understanding.
A student of computer science beat the ones with the bachelors and masters at what they are supposed to be teaching.
The student is expelled?
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