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Searching for the weak link in university network security |
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Source: ZDNet - Posted by Alex
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Which is more important in a network: the client machines or the system infrastructure? This could be debated until the cows come home and further debated to include the cows. Personally I would say the latter, but as we have seen this week, one single client machines can open up an almighty can of whoop-ass on the entire network.
One could debate whether it was the update server administrator who was at fault (they were, by the way) as opposed to the machine running Vista, which Microsoft had issued a patch and security advisory for months before. While you, the readers, jumped on the anti-Microsoft bandwagon, I still maintain it was down to the fault of the one individual and not the operating system.
With recent events, along with past and future issues each institution has to face, how do they get the balance right between allowing academic freedom, yet maintaining security of the work produced? Can they provide an open and secure learning environment without diminishing access or availability? There are a few things to take into account.
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