Engineering System Administrator's Group

November 28, 2023

Minutes

Discussions:

Terms of Reference

Fred presented suggested Terms of Reference and there was input given
Suggestion: look at Educause for suggestions on Email usage
Email should be limited to two messages per topic before considering other strategies

Client Only Subnets

We should move quickly to convert remaining locations to Client-Only Subnets before they are imposed on us
Means workstations cannot serve public Web pages, but can still serve to campus (wifi, wired and VPN machines)
removal of AnyDesk and TeamViewer to expose our campus to the world
what about MeshConnect? Google Remote Desktop
for remote assistance from outside vendors, either get a VPN account or request a temporary hole from their computer IP to the workstation from IST
are 802.1X subnets Client-Only - yes, we believe so

agreement we must move forward
having standars empowers us to make more secure and more consistent decisions day to day
must add drive encryption
key escrow, can use AD to store keys

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