Re: Student's Own VPN on Campus

[Scott Link <linksg () SLU EDU>]

1. Yes. Lack of control and liability if it's abused or compromised. Will
it be in the DMZ? If so, then does the student get access to the data
center maintain it? (Of course, there's the other scenario of the student
bringing you the VPN and your team managing it...) If not, then what's the
implications of traffic from the Internet terminating in a dorm network?
2. No.

I think there was a great discussion last week about granting students VPN
access, which goes with this question. If there are services that are only
available on-campus, then it should be appropriate to grant them access. If
there are services available to IPs originating on-campus, then a proxy may
be the more appropriate tool.



On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Napier, Mark E <mnapier () indiana edu> wrote:

> The student might risk being locked out of university services that are
> contractually bound to university IP addresses. (Think subscriptions to
> academic databases managed by the libraries.)
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> Mark E. Napier   MIS, CIPT
> Deputy Director of Information Technology /
> Chief Information Privacy and Security Officer
> School of Informatics and Computing
> Indiana University
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> On Sep 26, 2016, at 4:19 PM, Fisch, Neal <Neal.Fisch () CSUCI EDU
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> Good afternoon all,
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> I’ve received as request from a student who wishes to utilize their own
> personal VPN on our campus.  My questions to the group are:
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> 1.       Do you see any risks to allowing this, and if so what are they?
> 2.       Do you see any benefits to allowing this and if so what are they?
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> Thank you for your time.
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> Neal
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> Neal Fisch
> Director, Enterprise Services and Security
> Information Security Officer
> Division of Technology & Communication
> California State University Channel Islands
> One University Drive, Camarillo CA 93012
> Solano Hall – Room 2178
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> Email:  neal.fisch () csuci edu
> Voice:  805-437-3278 *|* Mobile:  805-443-6529 *|* Fax:  805-437-3377
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