Re: Firewalls and Research

["Clonts, Neal D. (HSC)" <Neal-Clonts () OUHSC EDU>]

We currently use several firewalls on campus including our border.  We
prevent all inbound except port 80 and eventually we would like to proxy the
traffic inbound on port 80.  At first we were worried about the response
that we would receive by doing this, but the response was very limited.  We
spent most of time teaching the researchers and scientists on how
applications communicate and guiding them on how to make requests for
access.

In the future we plan on limiting outbound connections. It seems to me that
funding guidelines are starting to require that you have security measures
in place before you can even be considered for grants.  We are also spending
more time in helping them determine the best solution for technology that
might be required for their grants.

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Neal Clonts, CISSP, MCP
Information Security Services
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
800 N.E. 15th St. ROB-138, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Phone: 405-255-2999
Email: nclonts () ouhsc edu
-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Discussion Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Slade Griffin
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:54 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Firewalls and Research

Hi all,
        I would like to get a feel for how many .edu facilities currently
have firewalls at their border.  If you have a firewall at your border, how
has it affected your scientists and researchers ability to do research and
obtain funding?  Thanks in advance.

Slade Griffin
ISO
University of Tennessee
http://oit.utk.edu/infosec



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