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color:#1F497D'>It is my understanding that our IT is working towards
implementing Active Directory / Virtual Desktop and access to AT would be tied
to the individual’s log-on profile. There are pro’s and con’s and there will
be open discussion before implementation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> athen-bounces@athenpro.org
[mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Al Puzzuoli<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 21, 2011 10:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Sharing Jaws and Zoomtext licenses Across Subnets?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hi Jeff,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the reply. My concern is that these machines
are scattered across buildings, in different labs throughout campus. I am
therefore worried about firewall and security issues, as well as preserving the
integrity of our licenses. . For example in the case of Zoomtext, I wouldn’t
mind exposing a shared folder to everyone in a small office setting; However
doing so on a campus wide level makes the me with the IT hat cringe in terror.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Similar concerns with Jaws. If I were to just open the
appropriate ports to the world, anyone who knew the right IP could set their
machine to access the server. I guess there’s a lot of security to be had
through obscurity, so the odds of that happening are rather small but still …
Not sure how to do this without a lot of complicated firewall rules.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>--Al<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeffrey
Dell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 21, 2011 1:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Sharing Jaws and Zoomtext licenses Across Subnets?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>For jaws do local installs instead of network installs of
the program. Create a system environment variable with the name LSFOREHOST and
variable that is the IP address of the license server on the computer u want
jaws to run. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>For zt create a generic user with read access to the zt
folder map the folder on the computer want zt to run This should
make the folder available to all users on the machine. If the server is
not on the use the IP of the server instead of the UNC for zt server
install and to map the folder. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Jeff<br>
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Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
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On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:40 AM, Al Puzzuoli <<a href="mailto:alpuzz@msu.edu">alpuzz@msu.edu</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>At MSU, we are using server based licenses for most of our AT .
Our primary network of labs spans the majority of campus. The labs are on their
own network segment and the license servers work just fine. However, we are
increasingly dealing with situations in which departments have set up
their own labs. In these scenarios, I’m not finding many perfect
solutions. We have enough concurrent licenses to go around, but no good way of
distributing them.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The zoomtext license server is a joke when it comes to security.
It requires that a shared folder be exposed and read, and I think also write
permissions be granted to everyone. Definitely not something I would want to
open up for campus wide use. I know there is a dongle based version of
Zoomtext, but that introduces its own set of problems. First of all, I don’t
feel that we should have to spend any more money because we have already bought
the number of licenses we need. Then there are the headaches associated with
keeping track of the dongles.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Jaws presents similar issues. I think the security is better on
the Jaws license server, but I’m unsure as to whether it can be
effectively shared between subnets. I suppose it might be possible to set up
some firewall rules wherein the proper ports are opened to certain IP addresses
or certain subnets? Has anyone done this?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks for any thoughts,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Al Puzzuoli<o:p></o:p></p>
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517-884-1915 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 <a
href="http://www.rcpd.msu.edu">http://www.rcpd.msu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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