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Gunderson High School Network Security Assurance For Parents

Calendar Nov 13, 2003 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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When Gunderson High School launched its wireless network this fall, some parents were alarmed. Would a hacker be able to break into student laptops? View sensitive information stored on district servers? Tamper with grades? Cliff Herlth, the tech resource teacher, assured . . . When Gunderson High School launched its wireless network this fall, some parents were alarmed. Would a hacker be able to break into student laptops? View sensitive information stored on district servers? Tamper with grades? Cliff Herlth, the tech resource teacher, assured them the network was secure. Only certain computers with registered wireless cards could connect to it. To anyone who lacked the proper technical IDs, the school network was virtually invisible.

``The only way you could get on our network at all if you are not on the list is by plugging in,' Herlth said. In other words, an electronic intruder would have to physically enter the school and connect to an ethernet cable.

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