Section 4.9.12 Web Administrator
To facilitate the management of Web Servers, each
organisation unit or resource areas shall assign to one or more persons the
role of Web Administrator.
The Web Administrator shall be responsible for the operation
and support of a Web Server that has been registered as either a MurdochNet
Server or an Affiliated Web Server for their organisation unit or resource
area. The Server’s role may be to host or provide access to Content for the
organisation unit, or resource area, or to host or provide access to Content
for a function, service, application, system, or publication.
A Web Administrator
shall be responsible for:
(1) ensuring that a computer used to run a Web Server is housed in
a physically secure location
(2) ensuring that any Web Server run on a computer that they are
responsible for is registered appropriately
(3) participating in the initiation of the request process for a
Web Server to be registered when that Server is run on a computer managed by
their organisation unit or resource area
(4) advising organisation units or resource areas that wish to run an Affiliated Web Server of the requirement to use an approved alternate domain name; to have the alternate domain name registered with an accredited registration service after it has been approved by the Director, Office of Information Technology Services and prior to it being used in the Server registration process and added to the University‘s DNS
(5) advising individuals (staff, students) that they need to
complete an online application form to run an Individual Web Server and that
they need to register their Server and that a request for their Server to
perform the role of an Internet Content Host will require authorisation by
their organisation unit or resource area
(6) initiating a request for a registered Web Server to be
authorised to perform the role of Internet Content Host
(7) the operation and support of a Web Server that has been
registered as a MurdochNet Server, or an Affiliated Web Server for an
organisation unit or resource area
(8) ensuring that adequate security measures are in place to prevent
unauthorised access to the computers, and their associated software that are
used to run MurdochNet Servers or Affiliated Web Servers for their organisation
unit or resource area
(9) ensuring that only they, or persons authorised by them, may
install software, upgrade operating systems, run or modify applications and
programs on computers that are used to host MurdochNet Servers or Affiliated
Web Servers for their organisation unit or resource area
(10) ensuring that the Content and software on a computer used to
run a MurdochNet Server or an Affiliated Web Server is backed up independently
and any backup tapes are stored in a secure physical location (ideally a
separate physical location)
(11) ensuring that appropriate procedures are in place for recovery
and restoration of Content to a Server in the event of the loss or corruption
of files or data due to system failure.
(12) providing a system environment that ensures that only
authorised Content Providers may add, modify and delete files on computers that
are used to run MurdochNet Servers or Affiliated Web Servers for their
organisation unit or resource area
(13) providing a facility that ensures that only Content Providers
authorised to do so may publish Content for a nominated Web Site
(14) providing a person, when authorised by a Content Custodian,
with access to a facility that enables them to publish Content for a nominated
Web Site
(15) creating a user account for a person who has been authorised
by a Content Custodian to use an account on a computer that is used to run a
MurdochNet Server or an Affiliated Web Server for their organisation unit or
resource area
(16) ensuring that (in the absence of a formal University’s exit
routine for staff) regular review of user accounts on computers that run
MurdochNet Servers and Affiliated Web Servers are undertaken and that user
accounts that are no longer required are deleted
(17) determining whether it is appropriate to host Associated
Content Sub-Category N (eg. Home pages of student clubs and societies) on a
computer used to run a MurdochNet Server or an Affiliated Web Server for their
organisation unit or resource area
(18) liaising with the MurdochNet Coordinator re an appropriate
alias (or aliases) to be used when registering a Server as a MurdochNet Server
(19) liaising with the MurdochNet Coordinator re the association of an approved alternate domain name with a Web Server
(20) liaising with the University’s IT Security Manager and the
MurdochNet Administrator re the use of a Secure Server and the registration of
a Digital ID/Certificate (21) removing or disabling a Web Server when advised to do so by the Head of Division (or their official nominee) who initially authorised the registration of the Server (22) advising the MurdochNet Coordinator when a a Web Server alias is no longer required. .
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