1 The Weakest Link? Michael Nowlan Information Systems Services University of Dublin Trinity College

2 The Weakest Link  The Weakest Link – the University IT Centre ?  Protecting the Infrastructure – not servicing the user  Denying access – not facilitating it

3 Services on Your Campus  Do you allow Bittorrent?  Do you allow Skype?  Do you allow your students to connect their PS3 or their WII?  If not, Why Not?

4 Services on Your Campus  How does your campus service compare with the DSL connection at home?  What protocols does your ISP stop you using?  What ports does your ISP block?

5 The Other side  Corporate responsibility  Institutional Reputation  Protection of intellectual property  Lack of ISP legal immunity

6 But:  The networks and services could be much more open if:  Protection was built into the architecture from the start  Attitudes were changed from “forbid” to “allow”  And from “why” to “why not”