Re: Windows Domain Question

[Gary Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>]

Niedens, Travis wrote:

> All,
>
> In light of the many issues there have been in the past few months with
> viruses and patches of certain operating systems, our organization has
> decided to evaluate and implement solutions that are easily maintained and
> insure that networked systems are secure and virus free.  One of the
> proposed solutions is to require that our students connect to a student
> domain while on the network so that we can update their antivirus product,
> provided by us, as well as their operating system.  Has anyone on here went
> down that path to resolve these issue?  If so, what challenges did you have
> and did it accomplish the goals you had?  I know one main hurdle that we
> have to overcome is the issue of privacy.

The last several digests of the RESNET-L list (discussions
about student residential networks) have had threads on this
topic with people describing their experiences using domains
and ZEN on student computers. There have also been several
threads on the Perfigo product which may be another solution
to some of the problems you're trying to address.

RESNET archives:
http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/resnet-l.html

I think you have to subscribe to get at the archives.

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