I don't think that article mentions having to stand in line to have your computer visually inspected by OIT, which is what I was referring to. It just says it's mandatory. Really, OIT could care less if you have antivirus, so long as you don't have a virus! If you have a virus though, that's the first thing they will ask you when you fail the authentication checks. I could have missed the part where it says "All computers must be brought to OIT..." though :(.
Since most of the users on this list run linux, that article doesn't really apply. (You can't install Norton, and you are immune to 99.9% of the worms out there, so that won't be a problem for you.) Brian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Moore Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 4:17 PM To: BYU Unix Users Group Subject: Re: [uug] BYU net authentication. > 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. Technically, it's required right now for BYU: http://oit.byu.edu/index.cfm?child_id=247&v=s I really hope they don't decide to require it for "real". -- 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
