I just gave a talk at Allegheny College.  If we get more vandalism 
from there, I know who to talk to there.  (It's not exactly a LARGE 
campus!)

Mark

>  > >  Whilst I'm well aware that it *may* be an isolated case,
>>  > we may wish to plan how to 'harden' a Swiki against
>>  > this kind of attack.  Not easy, as the usualtrade-off between
>>  > freedom and security raises its head almost immediately.
>>
>>  If someone persistent comes along, you pretty much have to
>>  shut down, at least for a while. :(
>
>I find this unlikely. Many more people actively watch the Swiki than
>would eventually deface it. Turns out that these attacks have been there
>in the past but considering the psychological implications (no coolness
>factor whatsoever) and the numbers (thousands to one) it seems to me
>that the best way to go about it is to just ignore it. The defacement
>didn't stand for longer than a few hour and fortunately, Swikis do have
>a history so even the vandalism factor is exactly zero. If some dude
>really thinks he has to spent about twenty minutes in making stuff up
>and we can revert it in two seconds, then that's a tradeoff I can easily
>live with.
>
>Cheers,
>   - Andreas


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