[976] in resnet
Re: multihomed resnet users
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward Chase)
Tue Mar 12 16:17:33 2002
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:57:14 -0500
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From: Edward Chase <echase@POSTOFFICE.PROVIDENCE.EDU>
To: RESNET-L@listserv.nd.edu
In-Reply-To: <71F49580D990534385198EE571135700936E37@rainbow.evergreen.e du>
On our campus, it would be impossible for them to physically get that
hookup. You're not going to see the local cable company pulling wires onto
our campus. Same with the phone company and DSL lines.
These services are not provided to the dorms by the local utility companies.
At 10:43 AM 3/12/2002 -0800, McHugh, Noel wrote:
>Is anyone having issues with rooms connected to Resnet via ethernet and an
>outside internet connection like a cable modem or DSL?
>
>Our internet connection is no longer the fastest service
>around. Evergreen housing residents who want faster internet connections
>are signing up for cable modems, which seems reasonable to me as it makes
>them happy and gets traffic off Resnet. However some people in our campus
>IT department are very nervous about the possibility of a multihomed
>machine in Resnet circumventing the campus firewall. Resnet is a network
>segment inside our campus firewall so students can access file shares on
>student use servers in our labs, but the segment can't access our
>administrative db servers. I don't want to move Resnet outside the
>firewall as that would cut off access to machines in the labs.
>
>I've updated our RUP to prohibit multihomed devices, but that doesn't make
>our administrative IT folks feel much better. I'm not even sure how to
>detect a multihomed machine on our network, the only one we've found so
>far was easy to track down as it was also a rogue dhcp server. Any advice
>is greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Noel McHugh
>Housing Technology Manager
>The Evergreen State College
>resnet.evergreen.edu
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Edward F. Chase III | echase@providence.edu
Providence College | http://www.providence.edu
Computer Services | http://studentweb.providence.edu
Providence, RI 02918 |
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