Re: Pervasive Campus Wireless

["Tupker, Mike" <mtupker () MTMERCY EDU>]

1.       Yep

2.       For public access no. Our employees wireless uses 802.1x authentication with a WPA encryption.

3.       No subscription required at this time. Although I really like the idea of something like a registration portal 
where employees can sponsor a guest.

4.       The potential for mischief has been a thought in the back of my mind but we have not addressed the issue yet. 
Unfortunately I'm not really in a position to make policy.

Mike Tupker
Systems Administrator
Mount Mercy College

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>