How are they going to know - are they going to nmap it?
Alan L Tyree wrote:
On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 10:27:23 +1000
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 09:51:29AM +1000, Robert Barnett wrote:
I have a colleague from Uppsala University, Sweden. He uses ITK/VTK
for data processing and manipulation of Medical Images. He currently
has a post-doc position which is shared between UOW and a Sydney
hospital. He's informed me that UOW would not let him use his RedHat
(Fedora Core 3) machine on the campus network because they only
allow for approved OSes to connect to the network.
By UOW, do you mean "University of Wollongong"? (I'm having trouble
expanding UOW into anything related to Uppsala, but that could be a
lack of imagination on my part). My personal policy at Wollongong Uni
was "forgiveness, not permission". Worked like a charm.
Does anyone have any ideas about how to appeal this decision/policy?
Tell them it's a Windows machine with a custom made appearance?
Alan
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All that should be necessary is a letter from their supervisor saying
that the machine is needed for their studies. I've never really
noticed any huge hatred towards Linux boxen in general (hell, most of
the CompSci/CompEng labs are at least dual-boot boxen).
completed a postgrad course at UOW. In all my time there I never
managed to get any response from the IT department with regards to
policy.
You're talking about ITS? The techos there are reasonable enough to
talk to, but when the hair is pointy, it's *very* pointy.
- Matt
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