Re: Final Year Project Brainstorming

Tence,

I am required to create a new system based on my my major not just
informational ( e.g. a secure method to transfer files etc)

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 3:07 AM, Tence T. George <tence@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well do you have to any heavy duty programming or is it informational?

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Dave Scott <dscott91@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Wade Smart wrote:

Choon Ming wrote:

Karl,

Thanks for the quick reply. I've thought of that but I still need to
come up
with a real-life scenario where Ubuntu's security is better than Vista
in
order for me to develop the system.


I think a project that contrasts the security of Ubuntu and Windows
Vista will be interesting.

karl


20090524 0900 GMT-5

Real life project...

A school in Arkansas was granted new licenses from Microsoft to move from
a few NT machines, lots of 98 machines and a few 2000 machines to Vista. The
computers were very old so they were told they would have to purchase new
computers. The school does not have any IT person. The teachers all pretty
much maintain their own systems (to what degree I do not know). Their
systems have zero security now (for the most part). One of "perks" for doing
all of this is they will be granted broadband internet access. They want to
move to a browser based grade book.

If you want to think about real world stuff, take the everyday small
things that people have to deal with.

Instead of purchasing computers that meet Vista requirements, spend that
money to get new computers at a lower cost, install ubuntu, and secure the
whole network from the ground up. Figure the cost of IT person for Vista vs
Ubuntu - the steps to secure the network from the kids, the internet,
keeping the grades safe.. now here is a real life project.

Wade


State of Ohio standardized on Macintosh computers in the late 1980's. The
cost of the single IT person to maintain the security on all those machines
was much less than the cost of the entire team that was deployed to manage
security when we switched to PC's running Windows 95. Why did we switch? Our
director's Mac failed and Apple refused to come out to repair it. In
response to that refusal our Acquisitions Management group killed a quarter
million dollar PO in the pipeline for Apple's early all in one, the 5200,
and two months later everyone had PC's with Win95 on their desks. Does that
experience give you any ideas for your senior project?
Dave

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