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ResNet launches new security system
Nicole Fortuna
Issue date: 10/22/07 Section: News
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In order to further advance and secure the University's Internet status, ResNet has implemented a Network Access System to ensure protection.
The Network Access System serves as an authentication device that, according to Resnet Central Manager Richard Jackson, also establishes whether students have proper virus and spyware protections. This is the screen that appears when a person connects to the server using an Ethernet cable in the dorms or within a wireless area on campus. It asks for full e-mail address and coinciding password.
Additionally, Jackson said that after the Viginia Tech. massacre, Resnet began its initiatives to install this system that would allow students to be aware of crucial updates for safety via Internet pop-ups through the Network Access System.
"As long as students are connected to the network," Jackson said, students will receive these notifications.
The screen asking the user to sign in may present a notice which indicates if the person is need of certain spyware and/or virus protection software.
The Network Access System now provides free software that students can download. Jackson said that 10 percent of the student population at WCU does not have adequate virus/spyware protection. This, he said, can "Increase the traffic of viruses" within the network.
Jackson also said that both spy- ware and virus protection are needed on a student's computer.
In addition to viruses, some of the issues that ResNet detects as detriments to the network could be the computers themselves. However, Jackson said that due to the Network Access System, the staff at ResNet can now know the types of operating systems that students have; which dictates the training of the staff. Although having newer computers can process more data at a faster rate, it is not as considerable a problem as the prevalence of viruses Jackson said.
Another significant contribution to the inefficiency of the network-for example, students not being able to log on-is the presence of routers.
The Network Access System serves as an authentication device that, according to Resnet Central Manager Richard Jackson, also establishes whether students have proper virus and spyware protections. This is the screen that appears when a person connects to the server using an Ethernet cable in the dorms or within a wireless area on campus. It asks for full e-mail address and coinciding password.
Additionally, Jackson said that after the Viginia Tech. massacre, Resnet began its initiatives to install this system that would allow students to be aware of crucial updates for safety via Internet pop-ups through the Network Access System.
"As long as students are connected to the network," Jackson said, students will receive these notifications.
The screen asking the user to sign in may present a notice which indicates if the person is need of certain spyware and/or virus protection software.
The Network Access System now provides free software that students can download. Jackson said that 10 percent of the student population at WCU does not have adequate virus/spyware protection. This, he said, can "Increase the traffic of viruses" within the network.
Jackson also said that both spy- ware and virus protection are needed on a student's computer.
In addition to viruses, some of the issues that ResNet detects as detriments to the network could be the computers themselves. However, Jackson said that due to the Network Access System, the staff at ResNet can now know the types of operating systems that students have; which dictates the training of the staff. Although having newer computers can process more data at a faster rate, it is not as considerable a problem as the prevalence of viruses Jackson said.
Another significant contribution to the inefficiency of the network-for example, students not being able to log on-is the presence of routers.
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