Python on a public library computer

[Robert Kern]

Anton Vredegoor wrote:
> Timothy Smith wrote:
> 
> 
>>how locked down is the computer? there's a few (brave) public access
>>unix shell providers out there. if you could run telnet you could use
> 
> them
> 
> Sorry, no telnet. Every executable that is not listed is blocked. For
> example I can download:
> 
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/scintilla/Sc1.exe
> 
> but if I run it I get two error messages:
> 
> a) a 15 seconds "appguard" message
> 
> b} 'access to the specified device, path or file is denied'

There is a Java SSH client that runs in the browser.

http://www.oit.duke.edu/sa/security/ssh.html

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Robert Kern
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