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This must drive RMS wild

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has 50,000 computers on the network that have no firewalls. Like many universities, it places all computers in isolation when they first try to log on to its system, said Jeff Schiller, MIT's network manager. The machines are automatically scanned for the appropriate security updates on the machines, and once cleared, are able to get on to the network.

MIT, the home of the original hacker culture and Richard Stallman, doesn't let anything on the network unless it has a known configuration and will let University IT have remote administrative access.

Presumably, the research labs and so forth have isolated networks where they can run nonstandard kit, but the rest of the system is locked down harder than any company I've ever worked for.

Well, MIT has been coasting on its name for a long time anyway -- this is just another step down.

Posted by: Yagotta B. Kidding   Posted on: 08/18/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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