After reviewing the initial feedback from people on the list and sifting through the usual cruft from vendors and VARs offering me their security consulting, I have come to the conclusion that there really exists a need for some organization/group/forum for members of the education IT field. Not just upper education like unsog. Rather the full gamut. From the school district "Tech Guy" to the Big 10 University NOC manager. So, now I am in the collection phase, I want to start a small mailing list of other University/K-12/Trade school Net Admins, Security Personel etc., and I need submissions. IF anyone out there would like to be a part of this, I ask that they drop me an email. I would hate to invest the time and energy into this and just see it fall to the floor with all the other half-done projects out there. I see the breath and scope of this group as being fairly large. Everything from effectively stopping or "shapping" bandwidth needs, all the way down to "what to do with the pesky CS student and his little port scanning box", along with certain privacy and "academic freedom" issues that encompass higher education, and of course how restrictive is too restrictive when it comes to filtering content. These are just some topics, but it would also be nice to have a forum for each individual establishment to share implementations and ideas. Such as VoIP (a real cost saver for Universities, but no real good documentation has been provided to road-map a cutover), DHCP solutions (we all run them, but I have found each University/Educational Institution does things a little bit differently, and I think we can all benefit from a little insight). These are just thoughts, if anyone does wish to be included - contact me offlist and we'll get the ball rolling.
-John ++ John Stauffacher Network Administrator Chapman University [EMAIL PROTECTED] 714-628-7249
