Re: [Fed-Talk] iTunes banned from Army Network
Re: [Fed-Talk] iTunes banned from Army Network
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] iTunes banned from Army Network
- From: Dave Schroeder <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:49:21 -0500
See, that's what we call a double standard, and one that doesn't even
make any sense.
Windows Media Player is a full media library manager just like iTunes.
It just so happens that the equivalent functionality of QuickTime and
iTunes is included in one product (Windows Media Player). But
QuickTime Player can just as easily play any MP3s or music that iTunes
could.
Unfortunately, pointing this out and trying to make a case to get
iTunes unbanned based on the fact that other media players are
allowed, and Windows Media Player isn't banned on Windows, would
probably just result in getting QuickTime banned as well, while
Windows Media Player would remain acceptable.
Oh well. :-/
- Dave
On Oct 30, 2007, at 8:43 AM, Billy Lenox wrote:
iTunes here in Alabama is also not allowed. Quicktime is allowed as
a player.
The Army says that mp3's or music of any type in not allowed on any
Army type system.
I just do not understand how they allow Windows Media Player to be
on a Windows
system and not iTunes.
Billy
Billy Lenox
COLSA Corporation
Senior System Manager
165 West Park Loop
Huntsville, AL 35806
256.842.9547 (Phone)
email@hidden
Hackers are not just outside your network hacking to the inside,
they are also inside your network as well. - Billy Lenox
On Oct 30, 2007, at 8:32 AM, Dave Schroeder wrote:
On Oct 30, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Claiborne, Ronald MAJ MIL USA USAASC
wrote:
My automation support contractor is telling me that iTunes has been
declared as unauthorized software here on the Ft. Monmouth network.
This
is despite the fact that the www.army.mil site as well as the
Pentagon
site have direct links to Apple to download the software and both
sites
recommend its use.
I also understand that the CG in Korea uses it to provide podcasts to
the troops.
Is it the iTunes application itself that is prohibited, or the
iTunes Store that has been blocked?
If it's the store, keep in mind that the commercial iTunes store and
iTunes U (where a lot of academic and military content is) are on
completely different servers (phobos.apple.com vs deimos.apple.com,
respectively). If that's the case, military content providers should
begin using iTunes U to distribute content.
http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu/
If it's that iTunes itself has been declared unauthorized software,
is it primarily because of the commercial store? Are other media
players prohibited? If it's just local Ft. Monmouth policy, you
could suggest other alternatives to accomplish their goal, such as
blocking the commercial store at a network level instead of
prohibiting iTunes altogether. You could also point out exactly the
things you did in your email.
- Dave _______________________________________________
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