I understand what you're saying, but if 15 students read a paper thats posted somewhere, thats 15 people who've been helped. Right now I think that all available means of transmission would be a good thing. Normally I wouldn't, but this is the extreme case. *sigh* --STeve Andre' On Thursday 28 August 2003 02:55 pm, Wendy Tate wrote: > The problem is advertising saturation on campus. The students aren't > programmed to read leaflets and newspaper ads, because they are swimming in > them continually. > > I think the best way to reach them is to use the faculty. Students are > accustomed to listening to their teachers. > > I think most of our department's faculty would agree to this; it's in their > best interest. > Wendy > > Wendy Tate > Network Coordinator - Department of Economics > Michigan State University > 101 Marshall Hall > East Lansing, MI 48824 > [log in to unmask] 517.355.1816 > > -----Original Message----- > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of STeve Andre' > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 2:35 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Possible places to put notices > > Signs at the upcoming football game would be a good idea. > > Signs at the International Center, the msu bookstore, and at > in the crossroads court area. > > A one page paper describing what to do, given to profs and > TAs to be handed out in classes. > > Put notices up at the front doors of the library, at the various > places where meetings occur, and in lecture halls. > > Local stores on Grand River. Olin health center. > > --STeve Andre' > > On Thursday 28 August 2003 10:36 am, Rich Wiggins wrote: > > The virtual host that hosts help.msu.edu/status, W3VH, went down. > > Another address that has that status info is: > > > > http://remsrv.cl.msu.edu/status/ > > > > If it's network status you seek, I don't think there have been > > any major changes, but performance should be continuing to > > improve as the network management group blocks more infected > > computers, and as people with infections get patched and > > disinfected. Yesterday they blocked another 1000 computers, > > bringing the total blocked to 4000. Some number have been > > unblocked, but I don't have precise numbers on that. > > > > We're continuing to try to reach students with the urgent > > message they need to patch and disinfect. We've tried the > > State News, signs in dorms, assistance of mentors (what we > > used to call RAs), e-mail to all students, warnings on > > the University Housing Channel, and a public service announcement > > on Impact 89 student radio. If you as network administrators > > have ideas on how to reach students through your departments, > > we'd welcome your assistance. > > > > A footnote from Doug that might be interesting: the Welchia > > worm is causing the vast majority of network damage right now. > > It's possible that it actually did go clean up Blaster on > > many infected computers, but Welchia's own attempts to worm > > into other computers are equally destructive. > > > > /rich > > > > >http://help.msu.edu/status/ is returning this: > > > > > >The requested URL /status/status_summary.php was not found on this > > server. > > > >-- > > >*Gene Willacker* > > >Systems Analyst > > >Michigan State University > > >Food Stores Building > > >East Lansing, MI 48824 > > >/1-517-353-1691/