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Resnet Censorship!

10/21/05

  21:24:44 by Joe, Categories: Resnet

A Palo Verde resident had for some time a webpage up that described in detail how to avoid being forced into installing this crappy piece of software called Cisco Clean Access.
Lots of people have problems with CCA, which results in their computers freezing up, continuous logons, or not being able to log on at all.

Apparently, somebody higher up in the university hierarchy wasn't too happy with the website and essentially forced him to relocate the webpage off-campus.

Obviously, this smacks of censorship.
I can't believe that a US public university would censor people and trample freedom of speech with their feet.

Resnet and the Housing Administration apparently don't want their complete screwup to be known. Well, the cat is out of the bag, and there is no way for Resnet to try and save face by pretending there are no problems.
CCA was completely broken from the start, and Resnet knew that before they installed it. They need to completely scrap this broken software!

The new location for the webpage is here

Maybe this futile attempt at censorship has to do with a flyer that showed up around on-campus housing in the last day or so. That flyer offers help in getting computers connected by bypassing CCA.
I have no connection to the people who put up the flyer, I don't even know them, but I certainly applaud them and support their efforts (which should not come as a surprise given my stance on CCA as expressed for months on this blog.)
The flyer has their email address: pvresistance at hotmail dot com.

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