I think you're right. Monday mornings are a bit different though, because those who have authenticated are booted at a certain time Monday morning so it starts the week with a clean slate. I guess some get stuck in the system.
I wasn't there before authentication, but the network engineers have told me it got so bad to one point they couldn't turn any of the network hardware on because after minutes it would be down again and struggling. I'm not arguing that authentication is the solve-all, because when I was referring to the on-campus incident, it happened just a few days ago (when we most certainly had authentication in place). The user got a worm, and in seconds it had killed the hub he was on, and even went far enough to down the switch the hub was connected to. That was an entire building of people, and I'm sure the user had authenticated before he got it. Famous quote: "It's not a good system, but it's better than the rest." At my last college, we actually had to register our computers with OIT on a semesterly basis, where they would check to see we had anti-virus, and give us a username and password that would last for a semester. This was only wireless service, there were no public jacks that we could use. These checks required you to stand in line with your laptop and show the techie that you had an antivirus program that was up to date. Very annoying. I doubt an email saying "It really inconveniences me to authenticate and I don't see the point." would bring much attention. Maybe one that says "I think it would be better if you did this and this and this and these are who it would help." Those do make it into a feature request queue. Just my thoughts. I'm often wrong so don't take them to be a bible. Brian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Moore Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 3:52 PM To: BYU Unix Users Group Subject: Re: [uug] BYU net authentication. > Isn't it now once a day? That's what I thought. "You will be required to > authenticate daily." is what I think it reads. I think wireless is once a day, per building. Wired is once a week in on-campus housing, don't know about elsewhere. -- Michael Moore ------------------------------- www.stuporglue.com -- Articles, software and computer tutorials. www.stuporglue.org -- Donate your used computer to a student that needs it. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
