More Swiki damage by socp-b.scsnet.com

Michael Rueger m.rueger at acm.org
Wed Jul 24 23:40:03 UTC 2002


Kevin Fisher wrote:
> [putting on dusty sysadmin hat]
> 
> Once the kiddies and bozos discover something that's wide open, word tends
> to spread.  Nothing attracts flies like an open server..script kiddies
> and their ilk just LOVE finding 'drop zones' for their warez.

I couldn't agree more.

> [takes off hat, throws it back in the corner]

Don't, it's sysadmin appreciation day this Friday ;-)

Yet another approach would be to set a password, post it to dev list
once to get started and put a note somewhere on the swiki like "if you
would like to contribute to the swiki contact <some poor admin>". This
could actually be a read only mailing list with a moderated
subscription. The only purpose of this list would be to send out
password changes. Vandals can be removed at any time if need be.
The main contributors should be up and running almost immediately and is
assures a certain network of trust.

Michael



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