Re: Pervasive Campus Wireless

["Don C. Miller" <donm () UIDAHO EDU>]

Jerry, we do provide guest wireless access to campus but the system
registration must be completed by an employee (so there is a chain of
responsibility).  We have an account management portal that allows
registration of the mac address.  The network uses a static WEP key, not
for security, but more like a simple registration key.  We also have mac
authentication enabled, which is why the mac record must be registered.

Don Miller
University of Idaho

Jerry Sell wrote:
> My superiors are interested in gathering some data concerning what
> other universities are providing open access guest wireless services
> on their campuses.  It would be helpful to us if we could enlist your
> input on the following questions.
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> 1. Does your university provide an open access Wifi system for guests
> on campus?
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> 2. If so, does it have encryption of any kind setup?
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> 3.  Do you use a third-party subscription service such as Boingo, or
> do you have your own subscription service, or no subscription required?
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> 4. If you don't require any authentication/subscription, how does your
> University feel about the risk of providing an anonymous platform that
> can be used for illegal activity?  Have they accepted the risk?  Do
> they not feel the risk is great enough to mitigate?
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> Many thanks in advance to those who respond.
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> Thank you,
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> Jerry Sell, CISSP
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> Security Analyst
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> Brigham Young University
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> (801)422-2730
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> Jerry_Sell () byu edu <mailto:Jerry_Sell () byu edu>