Enterprise Information Technology Services Press Release
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

Monday, April 10, 2006

WRITER: Bert DeSimone, 706/542-5110, bert@uga.edu
CONTACT: Rayid Tartir, 542-3106, rayid@uga.edu

Phase 3 blocking on gateway Intrusion Prevention System begins April 19, 2006

ATHENS, Ga.— In January of this year, the Office of Information Security, a division within Enterprise Information Technology Services, began blocking Internet connections that contained viruses and worms at the campus perimeter. Using a device known as an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), all inbound and outbound connections are automatically dropped if any virus or worm is detected in the data stream. Phase 2 blocking, which included the blocking of additional attacks, was initiated in March.

Building on the success of these phases, the Office of Information Security will initiate Phase 3 blocking on April 19, 2006, beginning 5:00am. This third phase continues the efforts to proactively prevent attacks against the information and information systems of the University from entering the campus network.

Blocking of well known attacks from the following categories will be enabled during Phase 3: ICMP, IMAP, IRC, MSSQL, ORACLE, POP3, RPC, SMTP, TELNET, and WINS. For additional information on specific attacks to be blocked, please visit the following Web site:

http://infosec.uga.edu/soc/ips.php

About EITS
Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS) is committed to providing information technology resources and services in support of the mission of the University of Georgia as articulated in the overarching strategic plan for the University. Under the leadership of the University's Chief Information Officer, EITS executes its mission via eight core initiatives: strategic planning and governance, instructional technology, research computing, client support, information security, outreach and partnerships, business operations and administrative applications, and infrastructure support. For more information, please visit the EITS Web site: www.eits.uga.edu.