Subject:
Top 10 updates
From:
Chris Williams <chris@mtu.edu>
Date:
Sun, 26 Jan 2003 19:57:53 -0500 (EST)
To:
mtusysadm@mtu.edu

I mentioned at the sys ad council meeting this past week that I has started
composing an email to everyone in regards to the Top 10 list... but that I
had deleted the message before it was complete, well, I have it back now, so
I finished it up and am sending it out. The only items which have been 
modified in the list below are items 9 and 10... they were the only ones on
the list I had not completed prior to last weeks meeting.

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I met with the Directors in IT and Jim Cross on 12/11/2002. At the meeting
I presented the Top 10 list that the Sys Admin Council had developed. We
also, briefly, talked about the previous years list. Below you will find 
the comments I recorded for each of the Top 10 items on our list. Please
read through these and let me know if you have any comments or questions.

Chris

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1) Network Statistics
	- Telcom area
	- the group is currently working on this
	- Brenda said she understood the needs 
	- there was no timeline outlined 

2) SPAM filtering
	- DCS area
	- Spring term completion date 
	- will be available for email.mtu.edu users

3) MeetingMaker Consolidation
	- DCS area
	- currently working with the calendar subcommittee of the council
	in starting this process
	- will work with departments who want to consolidate under current
	version
	- will be ready to consolidate university wide when next major 
	release is out, this will likely be early summer

4) Automation of DNS requests
	- Telcom area
	- Brenda had concerns about error checking 
	- will work with Jeff on scripting this
	- no formal deadline provided

5) Telcom Billing
	- Telcom area
	- Brenda commented that she recognizes this is a problem and is
	actively working on resolving the issues
	- Brenda said there is a major upgrade of the telemanagement 
	software this Christmas break and after that she will be able to
	provide better timelines and more information

6) Active Directory to LDAP Authentication
	- DCS area
	- Dan talked about a product call MetaMerge 
	- Dan commented that security is a primary concern
	- AD in departments will have to be secure and all transmission
	encrypted
	- NOTE: I do not have a timeline next to this item, I will talk
	with Dan about a proposed timeline and get back to everyone

7) Firewalls at Desktops
	- Telcom and Security(DCS) areas
	- would like to get started on the development of policy 
	- need to start discussions about how to make this happen
	- NOTE: the council needs to form an ad-hoc subcommittee to get
	started on this
	- Brenda asked for more detail about off campus companies needing
	access as a result of outsourcing

8) Network Monitoring
	- Telcom area
	- looking at implementing Big Brother service
	- NOTE: correcting communication mechanism is being worked on by
	the Emergency Notification ad-hoc subcommittee of the Sys Ad
	Council

9) NIS <-> LDAP Synchronization
	- DCS area
	- possible LDAP gateway solution

10) Virus Scanning
	- DCS area
	- done