Re: Open access to student labs

[Dave Koontz <dkoontz () MBC EDU>]

Thanks for the summary.  I think you will find the new CALEA laws will force
most institutions to require logins to avoid the legal ramifications of
being / seeming to be an open network.

-----Original Message-----
From: Boaz Gelbord [mailto:GelbordB () NEWSCHOOL EDU]
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 10:36 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Open access to student labs

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