Meeting Date

• TEAMS: 2024-04-17

Invited

Anthony (group leader), Lori, Clayton, Guoxiang, Nathan, Nick, Todd, Ed, Devon, Gwen

Attendees

• Anthony, Clayton, Guoxiang, Nick, Devon, Fraser

Review and accept previous meeting minutes.

CsLWGMeeting20240403

Review last meeting's Action Items

linux.cscf.uwaterloo.ca

• Still blocked on comprehensive review of authentication/authorization configuration, work proceeding

New DFSc Hardware

• Has arrived
• Consult with Robyn Landers about blanks for M3 3101

DFSc Performance

• Looking to re-enable snapshots for GENERAL environment to provide some live testing
  • Relatively low traffic
• Blocked on cleanup of old homedirs
  • Work proceeding on cleanup here, Anthony will work with Guoxiang
• Need to send message to users (login message (only applies to login shell), other?) when snapshots are re-enabled, links to appropriate end user documentation - Anthony
  • Engage management on documentation location (Anthony)

Endpoint Protection

• IST wants to deploy SentinelOne end point security agents on all devices
• INF group to deploy on all workstations
• Planning test deployment to linux.student.cs in passive (watch and complain) mode for spring term,
  • IST controls the mode of the software and to provide CSCF with new token
• What if anything is sent to third-party/off site servers? For privacy reasons, we need an answer before we do a roll out
  • Try to get this in writing for future reference
• Any docs on what the program does and how it does it?
• IST unable to provide CSCF with dashboard access
• Need clarification from upper management about pushing Sentinal One to previously deployed devices (Devon)

New Business

End of Term Private Cloud reboots

• Each VM/LXC will be restarted once
• Not doing it all on one day, still computing a schedule, will reach out to individual Admin Contacts to schedule small downtime windows

Reboot of linux.{student,}.cs

• Possibly April 29th (Guoxiang)

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