Re: Question - Network Registry.

[Gary Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>]

Tracy Mitrano wrote:

> > > Cornell would like to know if any of you require by University
> > > policy or
> > > protocol or practice
> > > that all devices connected to your data network be registered. For
> > > example, a mandatory record in a database of the MAC addresses and
> > > custodians or responsible parties or users for all devices connected to
> > > your wired or wireless
> > > infrastructure.
Yes.

> > > If the answer to the above is yes -
> > >
> > > Is this registry accomplished by a single central database, or a
> > > "registry of
> > > registries" - i.e. many registries, managed at the subnet / department
> > > level, with the data in each available to the central computing /
> > > administration / security "authority."
A single database.

I believe you'll find that a lot of student residence networks also require
this.

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