Re: Pervasive Campus Wireless

[Dick Jacobson <Dick.Jacobson () NDUS NODAK EDU>]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Jerry Sell wrote:

I have seen several responses to this and have a couple questions.

First, if your guest is "sponsored" and "authenticated" is this really an
"open" system ?  I interpret "open" as unauthenticated and providing the
service (intentionally or not) to the community at large (including the
institutional community).

With that in mind, and with the legislative environment of the last
several years, is there not a great risk in anonymously providing access
to the larger community ?

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


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