Re: need "host-based" firewall

On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 01:17:37PM -0700, Stephanie J. Tibbetts wrote:
> We in the Haas School have been advised that our computer center has
> established their standard for the new requirement for a host-based
> firewall per the Minimum Security Standards. However, I have been told
> they are not going to support Macs, either personal for home hook-up to
> the university or in our office.
>
> I have a G3 Mac in my office and a G4 at home. Both are running OS 9.x.
> What are Mac-friendly offices using to meet this standard? Is there a
> university license that I can sign onto? If not, how does this august
> group suggest I proceed? (Local advice is "buy a Dell.")

The firewall issue is not your only problem. One of the requirements
of the minimum security policy is "Campus networked devices must run
software for which security patches are made available in a timely
fashion." Since Apple is no longer providing patches for OS 9, simply
running OS 9 is a violation of the standard, whether or not you have a
firewall. This is also true for obsolete versions of Windows.

-- 
Tom Holub (tom_holub@LS.Berkeley.EDU, 510-642-9069)
College of Letters & Science
249 Campbell Hall
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