I don't know about the dorms, but the on-campus wireless that does the same scans, specifically excludes both Linux and Mac OSX. At least it's supposed to for the time being. It's all based on some product from Cisco (I don't remember the name), that doesn't have much for either of them yet, but they keep saying that Mac scanning is coming...eventually.
Lloyd On 4/27/10 5:28 PM, Timothy Wood wrote: > Hey UUGers (can I call you all that?), > > I've been busy the last couple days moving in and starting classes for this > Spring semester. Can't wait to meet you guys, when are we having a meeting? > > Anyway, I had fun attempting to set up my internet access in my dorm, I had to > get through the system scan (which scans for Microsoft Updates and up-to-date > Antivirus software). Had to go back to Windows, and try to update it from all > the way back whenever the last time I used it was. Et cetera... I did pass > the scan and my internet works fine, but doesn't IT require me to do it again > next Sunday and every Sunday after? I'd have to go out of my way to get back > into Windows, update, then log back in every day, and I'd rather do it on > Linux. > > Since I don't want to have to go through this Windows hassle if I don't have > to, is there a way to satisfy the check if I'm on Linux (Kubuntu)? Is there > some fancy Wine setup that will get me by? I keep Kubuntu updated, and I can > install ClamAV if antivirus is so required. > > Can a Linux user survive at BYU without Microsoft Windows or is resistance > futile? :) > > Timothy Wood > -------------------- > 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 (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -- Lloyd Brown Systems Administrator Fulton Supercomputing Lab Brigham Young University http://marylou.byu.edu -------------------- 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 (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
