Re: Wireless Guest Access

[Steve Lovaas <steven.lovaas () COLOSTATE EDU>]

We offer a guest wireless SSID, with the following restrictions:

- A current staff/faculty member must sign up for a sponsored visitor
(it's an easy web-based request with a 10-minute turnaround time). We've
placed a limit on how long the access is good for, after which time
longer-term visitors need to apply for a university ID.

- The sponsor must then give the temporary username/password to the visitor.

- Visitors are limited to a few common services including Web, VPN, SSH
to the Internet. Almost no connectivity to campus resources, other than
the main web site.

So far we've had lots of rave reviews and few difficulties.

Steve Lovaas
Colorado State University

Christopher Misra wrote:
> > > Our main goal is to allow visiting faculty, staff, prospective students, and >
> > parents to have a way to use their mobile device to check email via their >
> > yahoo account, web portal, etc...
> >
> > We've had a guest wireless access plan in place for about a year now. The
> > guests have to be "sponsored" by a University dept. The sponsor controls when
> > they have access to the net (day, time of day). We don't restrict where they
> > go once they connect. They do have to login to connect to the net so we have
> > an audit trail.
>
> We have a similar process to VT consistent with our policies. We have
> the concept of sponsorship of guest credentials. Currently this is a
> partially automated process. We are actively developing an interface to
> make the it a more automated process. Our intent is to have a web-based
> interface for creation of these guest credentials for wireless access. A
> sponsor will login, create the credentials, and issue them to the guest.
>
> > Basically, the guest registers the request online, the dept. sponsor reviews
> > and approves the request, the guest uses the net during the allowed times.

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Steven Lovaas, MSIA, CISSP
Network & Security Resource Manager
Academic Computing & Network Services
Colorado State University
970-297-3707
Steven.Lovaas () ColoState EDU
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