Computer registration at ASU (Was: Re: Linux at ASU Conferenc e?)

[der.hans]

Am 13. Mar, 2003 schw=E4tzte Tom Achtenberg so:

> On all the networks I've been part of ranging in size from 20 to 250
> machines, no one has been allowed to connect a machine that was not
> company issue without the IT directors approval.  This has included

I have yet to work at a place that required registering boxen. In an
engineering environment that's somewhat prohibitive. There was a difference=
,
however, between office and lab networks. At Mot we locked down office
networks to some extent ( they were adding many new restrictions when I lef=
t
), but the boxen on the lab networks often needed to be something else at 5
minutes notice.

> remotely connection through VAN or Citric.  All remote machines have been
> required to have firewall and current anti virus software.  None of our

Hmmm, I've never had anti-virus software on one of my boxen. It would be
better if they were required not to have virus software, e.g. OutLook, ie,
m$ office w/ macros, ...

> users have been geek enough to even know what Linux is let alone have
> enough technical know how to use it.  We do run about 6 or 7 Linux server=
s
> but no Linux workstations.

At Mot we had many people who were incompetent to be a user on an m$
desktop, but who could lock down their *NIX boxen pretty good. Much of that
was experience with the platform, but a lot of it was also the lack of
virus magnets and general instabilities.

This all depends on the needs of your environment. A highly decentralized
Uni infrastructure is difficult to manage. You will likely be lynched if yo=
u
try to turn faschist. Unfortunately GNU/Linux doesn't have the backing to
throw off the yokes of oppression at this point.

ciao,

der.hans
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