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jfeise [Member] in response to: CCA/NAC soon gone from UCI Resnet

Wed, 08 Jan 2014 08:16:42 +0000

This came from an email of the Palo Verde Housing Director to the PVRC (as a former PVRC member, I am still subscribed to the PRVC mails.)
This was sent during the break, so I expect this to gain more visibility in the upcoming weeks.

Sean O. [Visitor] in response to: CCA/NAC soon gone from UCI Resnet

Wed, 08 Jan 2014 07:40:03 +0000

Where/when did you hear this from? There’s been absolutely no notice to the grad/professional students from our resident councils or AGS as of the 1st week of January.

This CCS garbage has been plaguing my roommate, who makes me very very glad that I don’t have Win 8.1. Resnet claims they’ve supported it since October, but there’s significant proof to the contrary.

jfeise [Member] in response to: Resnet's Reddit AMA

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:14:19 +0000

Thanks for your comment.
Sure, Resnet is here to stay. And I have no problems with that. I just wish they would actually know what they are doing, which they clearly don’t. In industry, these guys wouldn’t last long.
On the CCA mailing list, there was one guy who tried to use CCA in a commercial company, and later reported that he nearly got fired…
And of course, everybody who knows how networks work would just put a router in front of their computer(s), connected the way it was intended to be used, with the WAN port going to the wall plug. I’ve never had NAC/CCA on my computers, not even on my Windows laptop. But this is not really about techies who know these things.
For example, the bad Resnet instructions to connect a LAN port to the network opens up a bunch of attack paths into the person’s computer. So, Resnet is actively increasing the risk of breakins, virus infections, etc., and that can affect everybody on the network.