Re: Guest wireless restrictions

[Dewitt Latimer <dewittlatimer () GMAIL COM>]

CALEA compliant I'm sure.

But I wonder how they handle DCMA violations and the like or the
occasional caffeine induced hate-mail to whitehouse.gov?

-d


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Dewitt Latimer, Ph.D.
Chief Information Officer
Montana State University
dewitt () montana edu


On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Eric C. Lukens <eric.lukens () uni edu>wrote:

> Doesn't Starbucks and McDonalds outsource wifi to AT&T, which probably is
> fully CALEA-complaint? That's a good way to manage risk, transfer it to an
> external entity.
>
> -Eric
>
> Ken Connelly wrote:
> > On 4/29/13 1:32 PM, Dewitt Latimer wrote:
> > > I must admit, we're probably somewhat of an outlier when we decided to
> > > throw caution (and CALEA) into the wind last year when we opened up
> > > guest wireless for unauthenticated access.
> > >
> > > 1 year later, we've had no legal issues or abuse and our support calls
> > > have gone down considerably. Yes, I know it's probably just a matter of
> > > time, but in the mean time....we're clearly reaping the benefits.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how the Starbucks and McDonalds of the world manage the
> > > risk associated with their open networks?
> >
> > Risk?  What risk?
> >
> > ;-)