Semi OT: Academic Firewall Rules

[William Witteman]

I have worked at a couple of Toronto institutions (U of T, George
Brown) and currently work for a hospital in Québec (City).

Hospitals are more restricted than Universities/Colleges.
At the hospitals they tend to buy nanny-state firewalls off the shelf,
which can provide reports and block file sharing, adult content and a
wide range of other things (social networking, games, weapons, etc.)

Universities tend to be more open and managed with other tools.  I
know that at U of T they routinely scan for servers, vulnerabilities,
file-sharers, but allow open web access but not SSH in some buildings.

On 21 May 2014 12:28, Ansar Mohammed <ansarm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hello All,
> I apologize if this is off topic. I know there are a few guys who work
> at major academic institutions in the GTA. I would like to get your
> feedback.
>
> What are your policies for internet access for students and staff? i.e
> * do you restrict based on services (e.g. block bittorrent etc)
> * do you restrict based on content? (e.g. adult content)
> * do you provide reports etc?
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