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Another CCA and UCI Resnet fail
05/01/12
It seems that Microsoft has updated their "Security Essentials" tool, and the Cisco Clean Access (nowadays called NAC) POS that Resnet forces on everybody in UCI Housing does not recognize it.
This is of course not a surprise to anybody who knows how CCA/NAC works and who knows what a bunch of crap this stuff is.
Resnet of course makes it worse by telling people to use another Anti-Virus package (bloatware like McAfee) or to revert to the previous version of Security Essentials.
UCI Resnet seems to be so incompetent that they can't even create a custom rule as work-around.
Network administrators at other universities can do that just fine, to keep their students online...
So, to nobody's surprise, UCI Resnet once again seems determined to show their incompetence to everybody. 
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These guys are pissing me off. They told me my system was corrupted and had to upgrade to Windows 7 before I can go through that totalitarian Cisco big brother. Oy? I have moved in for over a week with no Internet. I find myself sending email messages half an hour late to my colleagues with my cell-phone-used-as-a-modem when they have already discussed everything I write on my replies. This makes me look unprofessional! I am mortified by these Resnet people!
- A very unhappy humanist
I don’t know if you are an undergrad or a graduate student. If you are a graduate student and live in Verano Place or Palo Verde I suggest you contact the Residents Council there. It is important that the Residents Councils know about the problems, so that they can more efficiently push for a change.
Also, make sure to inform your advisor. Most faculty doesn’t know about these Resnet issues, but they have more influence than students.
