Re: Gaming Devices on the Network

["Weidner, Steve" <sweidner () USD EDU>]

This is the same procedure we use at The University of South Dakota.  If
a student wants to access Xbox Live or other Internet resources, they
have to contact our helpdesk with their ID and MAC address.  From the
I.T. side, we trace the MAC back to a switch interface (mostly to verify
they didn't mis-type it) then add the filter to CCA permitting that MAC
un-authenticated access.
 
Regards,
Steve Weidner
Network Analyst
The University of South Dakota

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From: Gillette, Jonathan [mailto:jgillette () SYTECPA ORG] 
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 7:55 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Gaming Devices on the Network



The college I graduated from just recently implanted Cisco Clean access
also. On their website,
http://www.kutztown.edu/admin/harlo/resnet/netinfo_gaming.shtml they
have instructions for the students on what to do.

 

Thanks,


Jonathan

 

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From: Franklin, Elliott [mailto:franklin () TXSTATE EDU] 
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 8:46 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Gaming Devices on the Network

 

Now that we have implemented Cisco Clean Access in our residence halls,
we are receiving many questions/complaints from both students as well as
Residence Life staff about our policy on gaming devices such as
PlayStation 2 and X-Box consoles.  Unless these devices have a built-in
web browser, or the user has a router and authenticates another device
behind that router, they will not be able to play Internet games on
these devices.  We are looking for what other universities are doing in
regard to this.  We would like to address this issue in our Network Use
policy.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Elliott Franklin, CISSP

Information Security Analyst

Texas State University-San Marcos

http://www.tr.txstate.edu/security

512.245.2501