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Re:Moved a server from one building to another with zero dow... by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @10:39AM (#24061267)
My company stayed on NT4 until 2008 because it didn't have USB support. Network was fully locked down and any unknown MAC would cause an immediate search by IT.
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Re:Moved a server from one building to another with zero dow... by noir_lord on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @02:09PM (#24063739)
Did they also remove the MAC address info off the back of everything because spoofing a MAC is fairly trivial.
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Re:Moved a server from one building to another with zero dow... by icedchai on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @06:40PM (#24066406)
They probably did. The sort of IT folks that would run a decade old OS are the same kind that would resort to this sort of security theater to "lock down" their network. Capturing MAC addresses off a device is pretty simple if you don't mind a little bit of connectivity loss during the process.
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Re:Moved a server from one building to another with zero dow... by shifto on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @02:20PM (#24063875)
Also, performance must have been amazing using Office '97 on current day desktops.
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