Photo by Daniel Dubois Senior Jennifer Cameron sets up DormNet on a student's computer. The DormNet staff worked many hours to rid the campus of the Nimda virus, which infected the campus in October. If you lived on campus last fall, you numbered among those affected by the Internet outage caused by the Nimda virus. Nimda was a new virus that spread through e-mail messages like many viruses in the past, but it also used network shares, web pages, instant messaging and file infections. The virus spread throughout the world in a matter of hours. Once it was on the Harding campus, it brought the entire network to its knees quickly, due to the network traffic it generated trying to spread itself to other machines. Fortunately, Nimda was not a destructive virus. "For several years now, Harding has depended heavily on e-mail filters to protect the campus from virus outbreaks," said John Nunnally, director of network operations. "Thankfully, this approach has allowed us to Vlr CHALLENGE FALL SEMESTER avoid many of the virus attacks suffered by others. This filtering will remain in place because, in many instances, we are able to stop new viruses even before they have been identified by the virus protection software companies." Nunnally also said the DormNet staff, DormNet Assistants and the Information Technology Academic Support staff worked 24-hour days in order to get the network running again for the students and faculty. "Faced with the task of 'disinfecting' nearly 3,000 campus computers, we decided to take an aggressive approach to the problem," he said. "And, because of the threat of future, more destructive attacks, we decided to implement a campus-wide virus protection plan. Hopefully, this will protect all machines on campus in the future." -Jerad Nunnally Marti Kimberly-Bellingham, Wash. Morgan Kimbrough--Germantown, Tenn. Megan King-Bristolville, Ohio Steven Kinyon-Muscatine, Iowa Adam Kirkland-Ft. Worth, Texas Addam Krucek-TinleyPark, Ill. Alaina Krucek-TinleyPark, Ill. Heather Lacey--Channelview, Texas Stephen Lamb-Nashville, Tenn. Zac Lambrecht-Brandon, Fla. Andy Lawrence-Batesville, Ark. Heather Lawrence-Memphis, Tenn. Amanda LeCain- Modesto, Calif. Julia Leppert-San Diego, Calif. Clint Lercher-Beebe, Ark. Lance Leslie-Morrilton, Ark. Bret Lewis-Landenberg, Pa. Jeanuth Lewis-Mobile, Ala. Joshua Lewis-Benton, Ark. Alva Liimatta-Pontiac, Mich. Shannon Lockwood- San Antonio, Texas Kimberly Loftis-Madison, Tenn. Barry Logan-Huntsville, Ala. Lindy Logan-Bartlett, Tenn. Jessica Long-Texarkana, Texas JUntors 71
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