What is the purpose of NetReg?
The University of Montevallo’s network provides high speed access to the Internet and campus network services to thousands of network devices. If any one of these devices is improperly configured, malfunctioning, or compromised by a virus, worm, or other malicious intrusion, it can affect the performance of the University of Montevallo’s network and the availability of the network resources overall. Without NetReg, a malfunctioning network device can only be identified by its Internet address. Using this address to determine who to contact in response to a problem is difficult and time consuming. With NetReg’s association of ForUM Email login names to network addresses, we can determine who to contact in response to a problem more quickly and efficiently. Furthermore, since NetReg compiles a list of users, we can send important announcements to the network community regarding upgrades and maintenance activities.
ResNet the network serving Boston University residence halls provides high speed access to the Campus Network and the Internet to over 11,000 computers. If any one of these computers is improperly configured, malfunctioning, or compromised by a virus, worm, or other malicious intrusion, it can affect the performance of ResNet and the availability of network resources overall. Without NetReg, a malfunctioning computer can only be immediately identified by its Internet address. Using this address to determine who to contact in response to a problem is difficult and time consuming. With NetReg’s association of BU login names to network addresses, we can determine who to contact in response to a problem more quickly and efficiently. Furthermore, since NetReg compiles a list of ResNet subscribers, we can send important announcements to the ResNet community regarding network upgrades and maintenance activities.
