You should contact the ITS IT Policy and Security Officer if you have any questions. He is the horses mouth.
http://www.lsu.edu/departments/its/ocio/ocio_staff.html I can tell you that this is being done as an alternative to "making windows illegal" as you put it. Also, this will only affect Windows. On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 01:33:19PM -0500, willhill wrote: > How funny that I was willing to say that government employees should be > forced > to use free software before learning of the July 17th memorandum from Sean > O'Keefe, "Leadership, Responsibility and Authority for the Security of > Louisiana State University's Information Technology Infrastructure." My fear > of such force is that it could be used to strip users of their freedom and > force use of commercial software. So, the very next day, I seem have my > worst fears confirmed. > > These are some questions I had about the new policy: > > Is it true that that Active Directory gives central IT > complete control over the host computer? ?Can software can > be installed without user permission and can the user's information be > searched, modified or destroyted without further notice? ?Is it also true > that this program decides which Microsoft OS may connect to LSU networks? ? > > Has LSU's Public Safety Office, which includes Police, Parking and other > Offices been given an exemption? ?If so, why? > > Will other operating systems like GNU/Linux and OSX be allowed to connect to > LSU networks? ?Will administrative control of them also be demanded? > > Will students be forced to participate if they want to use LSU networks? ?Can > this program make it difficult for free software users to access other > services offered through LSU's network? > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
