Semi OT: Academic Firewall Rules

[Mauro Souza]

On my University, everything was logged, and audited somehow. Never heard
of any punishments.

Logging everything and keeping the records for limited time (a couple
months) would help against litigation in case of piracy, hacking, or
mischief. Bandwidth can be controlled by user too, so you could put
throttle controls in place.

But locking everything down should not be done.

Mauro
http://mauro.limeiratem.com - registered Linux User: 294521
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2014-05-23 13:25 GMT-03:00 Ansar Mohammed <ansarm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>:

> Thanks all for the candid feedback and the trip down memory lane. The
> combined experience/mindshare on this community is always impressing
> and humbling.
>
> I do appreciate the danger of stifling freedom of expression and
> allowing academics the freedom required to conduct research.
>
> I have two concerns with a relaxed and open internet access policy
> * exposure to litigation in the event of piracy
> * bandwidth consumption.
>
> BTW, is your internet access audited/logged?
>
>
> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Mel Wilson <mwilson-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2014-05-22 at 21:23 -0400, phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org wrote:
> >
> >> Then one day, the then president had lunch with someone from IBM and
> >> suddenly, without any consultation with the committee, we had a new
> >> computer system, which apparently was a Steal of a Deal. Ultimately, it
> >> turned out (I heard) that the computer needed additional memory and
> ended
> >> up costing much more, but we did get a new computer system.
> >
> > That was the IBM way.  They sold straight to the people who signed the
> > cheques.  I remember a whole benchmark team being recalled from Phoenix
> > after the news hit that IBM had already closed the deal.
> >
> >         Mel.
> >
> >
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