[committee] UCC's Uwa.net.au connection

[Michael Deegan]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 11:11:00AM +0800, Davyd Madeley waxed lyrical:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 10:49:33AM +0800, Alex Dawson wrote:
> > What this means in practical terms is that, in the future, we'd rather those
> > 130.95.13.0/24 IPs weren't used to host servers or provide Internet access
> > for people not in any of those three permitted classes. As far as just being
> > used for desktop system IPs, this alone isn't an issue.
> 
> It seems to be, the balance to be struck here is things that might
> be classed as 'academic pursuits'. Take for example, our hosting of
> the source code and website for Linux Software Suspend. Most of the
> people interacting with this server (interacting meaning accessing
> in some form) are not part of UWA, yet I feel this is a reasonable
> service for the UCC to be providing. Giving something back to the
> community (of some academic value too) that I think aligns well with
> the goals of a university.

I would think that mirrors.uwa.edu.au would also fall under the same
category too...

-MD

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