I do think that a slider-type notifier might be a useful feature, you
can put a link in with additional information and leave it "up" on the
display until the user closes it/acknowledges it... just so long as it
doesn't actively alter their network permissions in the process.
-Nick
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George Washington University
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Trieu, Vu (InfoTechServ) wrote:
> I agree with Nick, forcing students off of the network to send them an
> announcement would be counterproductive; it could potentially create a
> bigger disaster in an emergency. I really hope this won't be the only
> option if an option at all!
>
> Make it $0.04,
>
> Vu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nick Pistentis
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 2:28 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: CCA agent announcement funcionality
>
> I see the value here (using CCA was discussed as a method of
> distributing alerts early on in our implementation), but I have to
> disagree with the idea of altering their role and forcing them to
> re-authenticate. In the event of a crisis, there's no guarantee that
> standard communications media like landline/cell phones will be
> available, so deliberately disrupting network access to post an alert
> could be counterproductive as users would likely have to re-authenticate
>
> in order to send an email/IM to friends or family.
>
> /my $0.02,
>
> Nick
> ____________________________
> Nick Pistentis
> Manager, Student Technology Services
> George Washington University
> 202.994.6202
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> http://iss.gwu.edu/sts
>
> Quast, Robert (InfoTechServ) wrote:
>> Damnit all that and I spelled functionality wrong
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Lavner, Bob
> (IT)
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 19, 2007 1:44 PM
>> *To:* [log in to unmask]
>> *Subject:* Re: [CLEANACCESS] CCA agent announcement funcionality
>>
>>
>>
>> Great idea Rob!!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob Lavner
>>
>> Network/Server Manager
>>
>> Information Technology
>>
>> Assumption College
>>
>> 500 Salisbury St.
>>
>> Worcester, MA. 01609
>>
>> 508-767-7006
>>
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>> *From:* Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Quast, Robert
>> (InfoTechServ)
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 19, 2007 1:42 PM
>> *To:* [log in to unmask]
>> *Subject:* CCA agent announcement funcionality
>>
>>
>>
>> With the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech, our University is (and I'm
>> sure many universities are) looking at how to communicate to our
> campus
>> in the event of a disaster. Although many mediums are being
> considered,
>> I personally recall many requests in the past for the ability to send
> an
>> announcement to clean access users through the clean access agent. I
>> believe many administrators wanted the functionality to announce
>> downtimes. I'd like to rekindle this discussion and find out if this
> is
>> a feature that will be implemented. Ideally I'd be able to send a
> popup
>> message to all users on the clean access system and possibly change
> them
>> into a role that requires them to acknowledge the popup before being
>> able to access the network again. Does anyone else see an immediate
>> need for this functionality?
>>
>>
>>
>> Rob Quast
>>
>> Tech Systems
>>
>> Central Connecticut State University
>>
>> (860) 832-2057
>>
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
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