[brlug-general] Fwd: Active Directory Mandated at LSU

[Karthik Poobalasubramanian]

I think LSU was trying to get all windows machines  they own on AD.
This was in 2005 just before I graduated. I think the reasoning was to
make sure the windows machines are all patched up. LSU had a few worm
outbreaks that brought their network down.

Karthik

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From: Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com>
Date: Sep 27, 2007 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Active Directory Mandated at LSU
To: general at brlug.net


My thoughts are that if LSU owns the equipment, then they get to manage
it. And when it comes to AD, fact is, I *like* AD. It's powerful and has
some very strong policy enforcement mechanisms.

What I think gets lost in the shuffle sometimes is the fact that it
costs much more to manage a box than it does to buy a box. MUCH MORE.
And it's a recurring expense. So any mechanism that makes improves
management is usually fine by me. :)

This goes for Windows, Linux, whatever.

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Joshua Frugé wrote:
> I haven't heard anything about administering linux machines...I doubt
> they'll do anything unless linux starts giving them a lot of work to
> do.  I think that policy was mainly for LSU depts running their own ADs
> that weren't through LSU's, but using LSU's network and wanting to
> connect to lsu stuff....not really for the stuff ya'll are talking
> about, but I never read the whole thing.  I heard it was put on the grok
> somewhere.
>
> Some mac/linux/etc people want to join the LSU AD (by free choice!), it
> makes it easier to connect to shares or something...I never do that, so
> I dunno.
>
> LSU is leaving my linux and freebsd servers alone, and I haven't heard
> anything about that going to change.
>
> -josh
>
> On 9/26/07, *B. Estrade * <estrabd at gmail.com <mailto:estrabd at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
>     On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 03:17:10PM -0500, Dustin Puryear wrote:
>     > Wait. Is this for students and their *personal* computers or for LSU
>     > computers? I'm seeing conflicting information in this thread.
>
>     Honestly, I don't know.  I am not being affected :)
>
>     B
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>     > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 02:56:03PM -0500, willhill wrote:
>     > >> ...I hope Mr. Nichols will answer.
>     > >
>     > > If he does not, I can tell you that many people inside of ITS
>     have been fighting the good fight and working with him to make this
>     as fair and reasonable as possible.  Hopefully knowing that will let
>     you sleep at night.
>     > >
>     > >> What I hope to get here is a technical understanding of the
>     issue.  That
>     > >> includes how it's really playing out in the field.
>     > >>
>     > >> On Wednesday 26 September 2007 2:08 pm, B. Estrade wrote:
>     > >>> You should contact the ITS IT Policy and Security Officer if
>     you have any
>     > >>> questions. ?He is the horses mouth.
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