, 2004-09-15
Academic institutions who have to add, manage, and secure thousands of new users within a period of just a few days face political and social issues on top of the immense technical ones.
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2004-09-16
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Anonymous (3 replies)
grow up
2004-09-17
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Anonymous (1 replies)
another vote for open-sourcing the perl code
2004-09-17
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another vote for open-sourcing the perl code
2004-09-18
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It's clear that the faculty need and want admin rights, but those right need to be revoked unless and until faculty:
1. Receive infosec training provided by IT
2. Receive administration policies and procedures
3. Sign a release, an AUP, and a statement indicating that they have passed the training, read the materials, etc.
Admin rights may be necessary, but they are /rights/ - this means that they come with certain responsibilities; and they should only be given after proper training and agreement to policy.
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