Re: Centralized security administration

[Harold Winshel <winshel () CAMDEN RUTGERS EDU>]

I think that both sides - the IT people and the electricians - have
very good arguments for their respective positions.

At 08:39 PM 8/18/2006, Cal Frye wrote:
>  Hunt,Keith A ventured to comment, at 8/18/06 2:31 PM:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Valdis Kletnieks [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks () VT EDU]
> >> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 2:05 PM
> ...
> >>  Then we get Somebody Important suddenly
> >> discovering a wild hair about "physical security", and
> >> installs a door with a
> >> lock.
> >>
> >> By the next morning, the servers are all totally dead due to
> >> overheating,
> >> as there wasn't good airflow with the door in the way.  Whoops.
> >
> > When I said "easy" I guess I meant lacking in political baggage or a
> > need for some massive educational effort. Couldn't you put up some sort
> > of gate or cage door that would still provide air flow?
>
> We have a perennial discussion with our facilities unit over whether the
> electricians should have keys to our data closets, and then it expands to the
> janitors, etc. How much a risk this represents depends on which manager you
> talk to... And that example /should/ be one of the easier ones!
>
> --
> -- Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College
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>
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Harold Winshel
Computing and Instructional Technologies
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Rutgers University, Camden Campus
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