Re: Pervasive Campus Wireless

["HALL, NATHANIEL D." <halln () OTC EDU>]

The way we provide Internet access to guests is to issue them a guest account.  To obtain this account their IDs are 
checked and they are required to sign for it.  Our Internet access for guest computers is separate from our internal 
systems.  The wireless itself does not use encryption, but the user is required to login via an SSL webpage that is 
located on a Netfilter firewall.  Once authenticated, the user is logged in until 4:00AM.

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Nathaniel Hall, GSEC GCFW GCIA GCIH GCFA
Network Security System Administrator
OTC Computer Networking

Office: (417) 447-7535

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Jerry 
Sell
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:21 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Pervasive Campus Wireless


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.



1. Does your university provide an open access Wifi system for guests on campus?



2. If so, does it have encryption of any kind setup?



3.  Do you use a third-party subscription service such as Boingo, or do you have your own subscription service, or no 
subscription required?



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?



Many thanks in advance to those who respond.

Thank you,

Jerry Sell, CISSP
Security Analyst
Brigham Young University
(801)422-2730
Jerry_Sell () byu edu<mailto:Jerry_Sell () byu edu>