Re: Guest WiFi Access

[Mark Monroe <markm196 () NETSCAPE NET>]

We have port locking enabled on all wired ports on campus including 
labs/classes and offices.. This prevents the unplug option..

As for guests, I have an app, that faculty and staff can use to "vouch" 
for a guest and create an account for them that lasts 1, 3 or 7 days, 
the account is tied back to the creator, which is who I send the FBI to 
when they come calling.. the account only has permission to register 
their system on the guest wireless network (own firewall segment away 
from campus) and cannot auth on any campus computers or systems..

We use Bradford as our nac for wireless and all wired ports to do the 
registration.. if that matters..

Mark Monroe

Information Security Officer

University Of Missouri St. Louis

(314)516-4859




On 9/8/2011 11:41 AM, David Gillett wrote:
> Dave Koontz wrote:
>
> > Students, guests, and others can just plug themselves into any wired jack
> without IT knowledge (in most
> > organizations)... and they often do.  We find people unplugging lab
> computers, printers, etc. and patching
> > into the jack.
> This is a recurring issue for us, too.  We do have a couple of small areas
> where wired jacks are deliberately provided for visitors to plug into, but
> I'm talking about students who walk into a lab, unplug a computer provided
> by the college, and plug their own device in instead.  Oh, and if they have
> to cut a plastic tie-strap to do that, it barely slows them down.
>
>
> > I don't believe CALEA has separate rules as to how someone accesses a
> campus network or the internet, be it
> > wired or wireless.  Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
>    I don't believe the questioner was asking about provisions of CALEA per
> se, but about the FCC's ruling (early 2009 if I recall correctly) that
> providers of *public* Internet access are bound by CALEA -- i.e., must have
> resources in place to allow easy/prompt intercept and recording of voice
> (VOIP) traffic.  My impression is that most higher-ed institutions have
> chosen to shield themselves from this requirement by ensuring that their
> networks are *private*, with the possible exception of areas where they
> qualify for exemptions to the FCC ruling -- in libraries, for instance.
>
> (We had an incident on one campus where an instructional assistant decided
> to "fix" the limited coverage of our guest wireless by putting up his own
> router, using our guest SSID, in an area that did not qualify....  If he had
> simply reported the disappointing coverage, we would have explained to him
> the legal constraint under which we operate.)
>
> David Gillett, CISSP CCNP
> Sr, Security Engineer
> Foothill-De Anza College District