Karen,
Thank you for the clarification. I have two questions for you, however:
First, if a connection is lost, does this imply that a log off took place
automatically? If not, why not? If sometimes, when?
And second, if a connection is inadvertently lost (e.g., because of a
momentary power outage, or because in frustration one decides to just turn
the damned machine off) what procedures are necessary to insure that full
log off was completed? Do we have to sign in, log ON to ONENET, Eudora,
Internet, Blackboard, etc., to check that we're not still logged on, and
then log OFF of each, one by one?
Thanks for the help. I hadn't thought of this much in the past, but now
I'm confused.
Fritz.
At 12:36 PM 7/28/2005 -0400, Karen I. Adsit wrote:
>Good practices say that you should log out and close the browser (all
>the way). ALWAYS! Especially when you are using public computers
>(labs, podiums, etc.). This is not just an anomaly, but good
>practice for any application that protects confidential data.
>Karen
>
>At 11:51 AM -0400 7/28/05, Melissa Anyiwo wrote:
>>My students came to me today to point out an interesting anomaly with Onenet
>>and Blackboard that you might like to try out.
>>
>>If you log into either program and then exit the internet without logging
>>out, the next person to use either program is automatically taken to your
>>account.
>>
>>Rather 'disturbing' for those of us that use the podium systems everyday, I
>>suppose. It never even occurred to me that I had to log out of the program
>>as well as logging out the program.
>>
>>So if you get a nasty email from me addressed to the entire university
>community, it wasn't me I just forgot to log out of Onenet.
>
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