[63764] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Painter)
Thu Oct 9 21:44:14 2003
From: "Michael Painter" <tvhawaii@shaka.com>
To: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:26:59 -1000
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,60613,00.html
"When students first register on the network, they are required to read about peer-to-peer networks and certify that they will not
share copyright files. Icarus then scans their computer, detects any worms, viruses or programs that act as a server, such as Kazaa.
Students are then given instructions on how to disable offending programs."
Kinda' does some of what you want done? <s>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 10:12 PM
Subject: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers?
>
> Short of turning off their network access, why won't users fix
> their computers when the computer is infected or needs a patch?
>
>
> The University of Massachusetts posted bulletins, sent an email to
> all incoming students, included an alert when they connected.
> Nevertheless, almost three months after Microsoft released the
> critical patch and almost two months after the first Blaster worm
> was released over 1,600 students failed to patched their computers.
>
> Eventually, the University started shutting off network access for the
> students and charging $3 for the CD with the patch and $25/hour for
> support to clean the student's computers.
>
> http://www.dailycollegian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/10/03/3f7cfeb12c8c2
> "Some students told the staff that they thought the University gave
> their systems a virus. "By no means was this a UMass internet problem,"
> said Fairey. "People were probably infected before they got to campus."
> One student threatened to sue OIT, arguing that the offices did not
> have the right to turn off her port. "We have policies that clearly
> state our right to shut off systems," mentioned Fairey. "It's not
> something that we want to do. It's a nightmare."
>
