Re: Back on topic.... Re: [SECURITY] University credentials used by third parties

["David L. Wasley" <dlwasley () EARTHLINK NET>]

I don't recall anyone noting that FaceBook, 
LinkedIn, etc. "social networking" sites also ask 
for your email userid and password "so we can 
notify your contacts about your new account!" 
(sic).  How many students have FaceBook accounts? 
How many userids/passwords has FaceBook acquired? 
Hmm...

        David

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At 12:08 PM -0400 on 8/24/10, Joel Rosenblatt wrote:

> Just to thorough another thought into this mix, 
> does anyone prevent their students (or other 
> users) from turning over their credentials to 
> Gmail or Blackberry?
>
> We see lots of authenticated logins from these 
> services - and if I were to come down hard on 
> this Ultrinsic using our sharing of password 
> policy (which we do have) I'm sure that this 
> would amount to having to change our policy to - 
> you can't share your credentials - except with 
> (gmail, Blackberry, etc.)
>
> I really hate inconsistent enforcement of 
> policies, so it's either change the policy or 
> cut off everyone.
>
> Comments?
>
> Thanks,
> Joel
>
> --On Tuesday, August 24, 2010 3:36 PM +0000 
> "Flynn, Gary - flynngn" <flynngn () JMU EDU> wrote:
>
> > In the terms and conditions Ultrinsic says, " Access to School Account. By
> > providing Ultrinsic with your username and password for your online school
> > account, you authorize Ultrinsic to access the account and to view and
> > record any information in your account."
> >
> > If the university AUP prohibits revealing credentials to third parties, does
> > a student have the legal authority to authorize Ultrinsic to access the
> > university system? And if not, wouldn't this be unauthorized access of a
> > university system by Ultrinsic with attendant legal repercussions,
> > particularly at state universities? A disclaimer on login pages could
> > reinforce this. For example,
> > > ©¯For interactive use by university students, 
> > > employees, registered affiliates,
> > > and alumni only. All other use and access prohibited. Violators will be
> > > prosecuted.©—
> >
> > How would one go about blocking Ultrinic's access to your student
> > information system? The address they use for their web site might not be the
> > same one they use to source logins to your student system. It might turn
> > into a case of whack-a-mole.
> >
> > This kind of thing furthers the argument for more widely mandated
> > certificate or 2-factor based authentication to all Internet exposed
> > services that are access controlled...even self-service ones. In this case,
> > more as an enforcement AUP restrictions on giving out authentication
> > credentials than of any type of hacking.
>
>
>
> Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security
> Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
> Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
> http://www.columbia.edu/~joel