BARGERK%UNCG.BITNET@VMA.CC.CMU.EDU (No trouble, please) (09/26/89)
Here at the University of NC at Greensboro, we have taken the step of putting all of our network login software on notchless diskettes. This means that nothing can be writtien to this diskette, and nothing can be written to the network itself (except to personal account areas). So, any viruses that someone brings in are confined to his/her own diskettes. It also saves us from the thankless task of going through everything periodically and erasing files users have left on our disks! [Ed. That is the same setup that we used at Lehigh University. It seemed to work pretty well but you still have to trust the security of the network OS (Lehigh uses Novell) and the physical security of the file servers. What are other LANned sites doing to address this (on PCs and on Macs)?] Kyle Barger UNCG Student & Academic Computer Center Part-Time Employee BARGERK@UNCG.BITNET DISCLAIMER: these are my opinions; not neccessarily those of UNCG