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From: Jim.Matthews@dartmouth.edu (Jim Matthews)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Hiding LaserWriters from unauthorised users
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Date: 28 Mar 90 13:45:15 GMT
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In article <17649@ultima.cs.uts.oz>, gregw@ultima.cs.uts.oz (Greg Webb) writes:
> 
> I am about to connect a student Mac lab to the University ethernet. The
> question arises, how do I stop students from using the LaserWriters on
> the remote AppleTalk networks that are also connected to the ethernet?

There are ways to do this, but I'd suggest not bothering.  We have made no
effort to hide the dozens of private laserwriters on campus from our 4,000
students, and it hasn't been a problem -- I know of only one instance of 
laserwriter abuse in the last three years.

The best protections against misuse of laserwriters are the fact that the
offender can't retrieve his printout without entering someone's office, and
that anonymously wasting other people's time and paper is about as exciting
as ringing a doorbell and running away.  People may try it once, but I'd
be surprised if it became a major problem.

Jim Matthews
Dartmouth Software Development--