Re: Counter Strike blocker?

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From: BobJ (bob_at_rjsolyn.com)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 14:49:48 GMT

The only thing that works is a combination of motivation and discipline.
The carrot and the stick in the classic sense. There is little if any
difference between this problem and other rules that are more often violated
than observed. What teen dance is without forbidden alcohol? These
students are the future of our world so teach them, motivate them, and when
necessary discipline them. Am I a teacher? No, just the father of four and
the grandfather of ten so I speak only from practical experience.
BobJ
"CJ Taylor" <[cege] at [tavayn] dit commmmm> wrote in message
news:OVAb$TUrEHA.1992@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Didn't understand they were teaching students to be admins...Just thought
> they had admin access, which I have seen more than once where installers
> just give everyone admin rights and students can do whatever.
>
> Someone else mentioned using Virtual machines, or, just put these machines
> on a separate segment of the network and upon reboot use something like
> Ghost to refresh an image from a network share.
>
> If your just doing test setups you don't really need internet access. I
> took classes like this in college and they put us all on separate segments
> for this exact reason. That and we were timed to see how quickly we could
> get the project done, so no time for games Dr. Jones!
>
> =)
>
>
>
>
> "Gerry O'Brien [MVP]" <gerry dot obrien at gmail dot com> wrote in message
> news:OH%23VhGUrEHA.3396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> You seem to miss one hurdle that is not easily overcome. The fact that
> the
>> students are in a class that teaches them to be admins, they must have
> admin
>> rights on the computers to allow them to function and learn correctly.
>>
>> I have taught at two educational institutions that and I can tell you
>> that
>> it is not a task that can be solved with AD and group policy. These
>> computers are not normally joined to a domain but rather the students
> create
>> their own domains etc.
>>
>> The problem cannot be solved in an administrative way with AD and group
>> policy. If they were simply classroom computers that were part of a
> domain
>> and the students used domain accounts, certainly, then it is a
>> no-brainer.
>> I don't believe that is the situation here.
>>
>> --
>> Gerry O'Brien [MVP]
>> Visual Basic .NET(VB.NET)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "CJ Taylor" <[cege] at [tavayn] dit commmmm> wrote in message
>> news:OKb7sATrEHA.1644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> > Ok, this has been mentioned a lot before but you really need to lock
> down
>> > your network. You don't need to custom write an app, if your using AD
>> > (Which I think you said you were) then its no problem.
>> >
>> > Sounds like your admin's have easily crackable passwords if their
> setting
>> > up
>> > their own domains...
>> >
>> >
>> > "Johan Christensson" <johan.christensson@telia.com> wrote in message
>> > news:urGJWNLrEHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> >> Can't, don't know how to.... I don't know actully. Any way. They have
>> >> a
>> >> firewall that blocks this kind of traffic, but this is only helpfull
> when
>> > it
>> >> comes to games over the internet, not localy played games.
>> >>
>> >> /JCh
>> >>
>> >> "CJ Taylor" <[cege] at [tavayn] dit commmmm> wrote in message
>> >> news:Oa3Kj$KrEHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> >> > The IT department can't do anything???
>> >> >
>> >> > Have they ever heard of a firewall?
>> >> >
>> >> > "Johan Christensson" <johan.christensson@telia.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:ulv5M4KrEHA.3464@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> Hi.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I got contacted by an old teacher today that works at a public
>> >> >> shool
>> > here
>> >> > in
>> >> >> Sweden. They have a ever groving problem with the students playing
>> >> >> Counter
>> >> >> Strike on the schools computers. Not only dose this pose a problem
>> >> >> with
>> >> >> bandwidth usage, but the fact that the Half-Life installations
>> >> >> often
>> > are
>> >> > not
>> >> >> licensed, and this puts the school in a tight position. Apperently
> the
>> >> >> schools IT department say that thay can't do anything to stop it
> from
>> >> > there
>> >> >> point of view.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> He asked me if I chould come up with a solution. So here is my
>> >> >> idea:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm not that familiar with Couter Strike, but I belive that it's a
>> > client
>> >> >> server setup. Would it be possible to some how make a application
> that
>> >> >> listens after CS Servers and block/jam there traffic? I want to
>> >> >> disturb
>> >> > the
>> >> >> CS traffic but not everything else?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm quite an experiensed programer, but in this case I have no clue
>> > where
>> >> > to
>> >> >> start. All help is apprciated.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> /Johan Ch
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
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