Yesterday at 11:55pm, Oscar Schultz said:
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).
That's my understanding too.
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.
The link is to the internet, which is the primary reason they put a content-filtering firewall in the setup. For instance, we can get to google and any number of other sites that haven't been blocked by the content filter.
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.
Absolutely. Which is why I'm very glad that _they_ did it, so that none of us would have to be tempted to do it ourselves.
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.
An intranet would make great sense. Even if the MLS machines could connect to HQ via a secure VPN (tunneled through the internet or otherwise) it would be a great help.
Note that despite the fact that our MLS computer is connected via a high-speed DSL connection to the internet, MLS still insists on direct-dialing with the modem to church HQ to transfer MLS data at about 28kbps rather than 280kps or 1.2mbps that it could do over the broadband connection. One day, they'll figure out the security and allow MLS to do secure transfers over the internet, and it will take just a minute to synchronize rather than the 15 or 20 minutes it takes now.
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