Re: Pervasive Campus Wireless

["Barros, Jacob" <jkbarros () GRACE EDU>]

We provide access through a guest account.  Accounts can be created by
specific departments on campus.  Single SSID uses WPA2.  MAC
authentication with our NAC drops them on to the proper VLAN, separate
from 'production'.
 
Jacob Barros
Network Administrator
Grace College
 
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Jerry Sell
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:21 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