richd@prism.gatech.EDU (Richard Dellaripa) (03/10/91)
gt6004a@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael Goldsman) writes: [quoting from a memo from the Office of Information Technology] >... Any member of the faculty or staff, with authority to >access remote resources across the Internet, would be granted an account >on the Trusted Host. Postdocs, Graduate Research Assistants, and >Undergraduate students with a valid requirement to access remote >resources would receive sponsorship from the appropriate faculty/staff >member and be granted an account on the trusted host. I would like to point out that this set of conditions is almost identical to those Georgia Tech used to issue computer accounts before they started issuing accounts to all students, faculty and staff. (I'll also point out that all students got accounts a couple years before all faculty/staff received accounts). As I recall, in general, the restrictions were considered only a bother, as all it usually took was a friendly professor and/or some interesting project to gain an account. I have seen no indication that gaining an account on the trusted host would be much more difficult than that. If one is doing something reasonable that requires Internet access, then implications are that Internet access will be given. Most complaints about this policy announcement seem to merely complain that people can't use up precious bandwidth on whatever strikes their fancy at the moment, or a fear that people who truly need Internet access will be denied it. The first SHOULD be stopped, and the second will not, IMHO, be a problem. Richard C. Dellaripa -- GTRI/EOL "The opinions contained within are solely those of the author" Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332 Internet: richd@prism.gatech.edu Phone: (404) 894-3357