On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Paul E. Robichaux wrote:
Well, where I come from this is useful functionality! In combination with a feature called RIS (remote installation service) in Windows 2000, you can create a library of canned machine images and blast them out to machines over the network. One of our major customers has cut the time necessary to replace a failed machine down to about 15 minutes: plug in the new machine, hit F12 during boot to trigger PXE, lay down the image received from the RIS server, user logs in, and voila!
Interesting. So, in theory, someone could do their thing at a central console and next morning everybody at the company could be looking at their new linux desktop? :-) The thought amuses me, but then so does the thought of an outlook virus that installs RedHat. I don't deny that such tools are useful when used as intended. So is a sledgehammer, but that certainly doesn't stop it from being a highly destructive weapon that can be turned against its owner. What gets me is that this contains a HUGE potential for security compromise, and people who don't know it exists aren't being given an opportunity to NOT get it. Bear