I fully realize how hard it is to get people to do things like change
passwords. It's like herding cats.
However, if almost 10% of the staff and faculty haven't yet changed their
passwords, I think the publicity effort has failed somewhat. I'm not
being snarky here, but these figures mean that some interesting
number of things are going to be derailed on 9/27.
I'm one of those 1788, so I can monitor the stuff going out; I've been
sending email to my group about the change to help prod, but I have
no idea how many need help, etc in my department.
It would be really good to have this info passed out tomorrow (hard
I know), or silently let those users still use their old passwords and
work on letting dept. heads, etc know about those who didn't make
the change.
--STeve Andre'
Political Science
On Thursday 22 September 2005 16:45, Scott Thomas wrote:
> We believe we have done just about everything we can to notify individuals
> about this change.
>
> In the NAG meeting back in April, I indicated that we were not planning on
> producing and providing all of these lists unless the situation seemed to
> indicate that it was necessary. We instead planned on monitoring "the
> numbers", running an intensive advertising campaign, and making sure the
> help desks were sufficiently staffed to handle any problems.
>
> The numbers at this point are:
> Faculty/Staff:
> * 1788 of roughly 18,000 faculty/staff/adjunct/etc. need to change their
> passwords.
> * Only 25 users of the RO web systems (out of just under 1,000) and 128
> instructors (out of 3,320) have not changed their passwords. The names of
> these individuals were emailed to security administrators by the registrar
> today.
>
> Students:
> 1335 of roughly 44,000+ current students need to change their passwords.
>
> In preparation for this change we have done the following:
> (listed in FAQ at the link at the bottom of http://help.msu.edu/password/
>
> Emails:
> ---------
> * First e-mail, 2nd week of June.
> * Second e-mail, 2nd week of July.
> * Third e-mail, 2nd week of August.
> * Fourth e-mail, 2nd week of September.
> * Final e-mails on 9/21,9/22,9/23 and 9/26.
> * A separate e-mail from the registrar to college security administrators
> indicating the instructors in
> their areas that haven't changed their password.
> * A separate e-mail message to Deans, Directors, and Chairs.
> * Multiple e-mails with updates to university system administrators.
>
> Additional Advertising included:
> --------------------------------
> * 1/4 page advertisements in the State News on 9/21,9/22,9/23 and 9/26.
> * Web banner on the State News website during the final week.
> * Login banners on mail.msu.edu, microlabs.msu.edu, angel.msu.edu, eHR,
> StuInfo, faculty/staff FSRA
> system, and other key systems.
> * Banner information provided to university housing to run on the housing
> channel.
> * Information provided to student radio for PSA.
> * Article in "The Source".
> * Articles in computing.msu.edu.
>
> With all of the notifications we have sent over various types of media we
> believe we have done just about all that we can to inform individuals that
> this change is needed.
>
>
> /Scott Thomas
>
>
> Scott G. Thomas
> Division Manager, Client Services
> Academic Computing & Network Services
> Michigan State University
> East Lansing, MI 48824
> (517) 353-1862
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Chris Wolf
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 3:55 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MSUNAG] FW: [MSUNAG] Mailings warning of Sep 26 password change
> deadline
>
> Any word on our ability to get lists of our department users who have not
> made the change? I was just asked for this information by my chairperson.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Richard Wiggins
> > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:20 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [MSUNAG] Mailings warning of Sep 26 password change deadline
> >
> > Tom Davis sent the attached to deans, directors, and chairs today. We
> > will also be sending the 5th notice to those who have not changed
> > their passwords. Additional notices targeted to those who must still
> > change will go out next week.
> >
> > /rich
> >
> > >Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:19:41 -0400
> > >From: Tom Davis <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Subject: MSU NetID password change deadline looming
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > >On May 11, Academic Computing and Network Services (ACNS)
> >
> > implemented
> >
> > >the first step of upgrading the NetID password server and began
> > >informing members of the MSU community of the need to reset
> >
> > their passwords.
> >
> > >On September 27, the final step of this upgrade will take effect and
> > >anyone who has not reset their password since May 11 will be
> >
> > locked out
> >
> > >of most online services (such as mail.msu.edu, ANGEL, Human
> >
> > Resources
> >
> > >eHR, computer labs, etc.).
> > >
> > >To date, THOUSANDS of students, faculty, and staff have not
> >
> > yet changed
> >
> > >their passwords. In order to minimize the confusion and
> >
> > disruption on
> >
> > >September 27, please urge everyone in your unit to change their MSU
> > >NetID password before the deadline. The process is really
> >
> > quite painless!
> >
> > >To change your MSU NetID password, go to
> >
> > https://netid.msu.edu, select
> >
> > >"Change password" and follow the simple instructions.
> > >
> > >If you have any questions or need assistance, please call
> >
> > the ACNS Help
> >
> > >Desk at (517) 432-6200, or visit http://help.msu.edu. Thank you for
> > >your assistance in this matter.
> > >
> > >Tom Davis, Director
> > >Academic Computing and Network Services
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