On Monday 19 September 2005 10:53, Mac Newbold wrote: <snip></snip> > > Now hold on a minute here. The Church was the one that sent people to come > and install the WiFi. They installed the DSL, the firewall (Cisco PIX500, > IIRC), and the wifi APs and in all the office computers, including the > AEGIS software to be able to use the wireless in the first place. We have > no reason to believe that anything has been compromised. The Stake > President, Stake Clerk, Bishops, and Ward Clerks are all aware of the > situation, as is the Church, since they installed it. > > Perhaps we're a test site, I don't know. In any case, being able to use > lds.org and our stake/ward web sites from the office is _extremely_ > helpful, and I'm very glad we have the internet access. > <snip></snip>
As I understand the Handbook of Instructions and the directives to the Stake Clerk the computer on which MLS is installed is NOT (my emphasis) to be attached to the internet (or any other publicly accessable network). Your description does not contain sufficient information to determine if what you have is an intranet link or an internet link. If it is an intranet link to connect to a access point within the lds.org internal network there is no conflict (as I read it) with the handbook of instructions. If the machine is just connected to some isp somewhere (the internet) then there may be some conflict with the Handbook and the leadership should have reviewed everything. I expect the link is to a Church intranet access point. intranet != internet && all links are not equal. Either way the setup was done under the direction and approval of Church Leadership. It would be a very different situation if a bunch of members and/or others had just gotten together and hooked everything together. In the local stake unit here there are no MLS machines connected to ANY network. The direction from the Stake Leadership has been very clear and direct - No MLS computers will be attached to local networks at this time. When the audits occur it is one of the items they check. I expect someday we'll see some changes. I really doubt I'll live to see a direct internet connection from a MLS machine. The data MLS manages is just too precious to risk having on a internet connected machine. I have little doubt that the MLS machines will be networked on a intranet - it just makes sense. Have a great day oscar _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
