Re: Policy regarding servers on the network

[Darnell Walker <Darnell.Walker () UTSOUTHWESTERN EDU>]

For the past six years we require users/departments to register their servers and any devices needing static ip 
addresses.  The process works better than our initial try but is still a work in progress.  This allows us to notify 
the person(s) responsible for these systems if there is a network disruption caused by the systems before disabling 
their network port.  Ports will be disable for servers or systems acting as servers that are not registered. The same 
applies to user installed hubs/switches since all of the fore mentions against our security policies.

Darnell



Darnell Walker, Jr.
Director, Network Services
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Information Resources
Tel:(214)648-8228 Fax:(214)648-6610
email:darnell.walker () utsouthwestern edu

> > > bviscuso () UWF EDU 04/25/05 9:09 AM >>>
I am curious to see if or how many institutions have a specific policy
that regulates how servers are put on the network? And, do you have a
formal request system in place for getting these servers on-line? We are
working on formulating a policy for college/departmental servers on our
network in an effort to 'corral' rouge servers and tighten up our
network traffic going to these servers. We aren't saying they can't have
them, we just want to know about them in advance and make sure they are
compliant with common security standards. If anybody out there has
something similar in place I would be interested in seeing their policy
or implementation.
 
Many thanks in advance.
 
- Brian
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Brian Viscuso
Director for Systems Engineering
Information Technology Services
University of West Florida
11000 University Parkway
Pensacola, Florida 32514
(850) 474-3453 wk.
bviscuso () uwf edu 
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