Thanks for the responses from the computer people.  Of course I wasn't
suggesting that you guys were in some way responsible for this (or maybe I
was if so I didn't mean to :)

I'm sure I'm not the only non-computer person who thought that leaving the
window was the same as logging off (after all it works for my bank site).
In any event I now know what's causing the problem (or at least that it
seems to be isolated to the podium) and the lovely computer guys will no
doubt find a way to solve it.

Cheers

Melissa


On 7/28/05 1:04 PM, "Fritz Efaw" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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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