Re: Open access to student labs

[Boaz Gelbord <GelbordB () NEWSCHOOL EDU>]

Thanks to everyone who responded to my question on open access to
student labs.

I received 17 responses in total:

* 11 require full login to use the workstations.
* 1 requires full login in most departments and will be converting the
rest shortly.
* 1 allows public access to use the computers but requires login to
reach the Internet.
* 3 require login except for a few public library terminals, with one
of those three stating that they are eliminating that access shortly.
* 1 does not require any login but is looking to move in that
direction.

In addition a few institutions mentioned that students are also
required to swipe a card to enter the lab.  Some also mentioned that
they have procedures in place for granting guest access.

Boaz

Boaz Gelbord
Manager of Information Security
The New School
55 West 13th Street NYC 10011
www.newschool.edu

> > > GelbordB () NEWSCHOOL EDU 12/20/2006 3:25 PM >>>
Dear all,

I would be interested in knowing how many institutions have student
labs with open access versus forcing users to login.

At the New School we have open labs in which students need to identify
themselves at the front desk but can then just sit in front of a
terminal and work without logging in (we also have some public
terminals
in the cafeteria and elsewhere where no ID is required). These
machines
are locked down so that students have no administrative privileges.
Forcing users to login at the labs would be a technical challenge and
create extra work for our helpdesk but would help us track down users
who violate our policies or in case of an incident.

If you would like to answer me off the list I can aggregate the
answers
and send out a summary.

Thanks and happy holidays-
Boaz.

Boaz Gelbord
Manager of Information Security
The New School
55 West 13th Street NYC 10011
www.newschool.edu