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Library Computer Hacking
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dean M. Riley)
Fri Aug 4 20:01:34 2000
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 08:02:35 -0500
From: "Dean M. Riley" <driley@HBU.EDU>
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After all these years, we are finally going to put our library catalog on
the web. That will, of course, mean changes to some of routines --
particularly in regard to network security. I suspect that some of my
colleagues will not agree with my assessment but I believe that libraries
are just as vulnerable to hacking as any other organization and should
therefore be as vigorously protected as possible. I recall one discussion
where one colleague just did not believe that libraries were regular
targets of hackers. I only know of one incident personally but I would
suspect that there are many more. With all the hacking stories we hear in
hear from the media in today's environment, this seems like a silly
question -- but would you all agree with that assessment?
Thanks for your comments and opinions.
Dean Riley
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