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- Simpler and more bomb-proof network protection than a firewall.
- Computers still get:
- network access to group file shares.
- patching.
- Network-based anti-virus reporting.
- Printing from RedRover/ eduroam, which is not normally allowed in, is enabled by opening port 9100.
- No VPN required.
On occasion the device may need a public IP temporarily. Such a change requires modifying the DNSDB record.
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Affords twice the number of IPs on a network than if 10-space numbers were converted to public IP addresses (and presumably similarly blocked at the network layer via firewall or ACL).
Caution: Ensure CU's proxy server configured with necessary off-campus access
Source info in Chemistry IT
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