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Re: Guest WiFi Access


From: Tim Doty <tdoty () MST EDU>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 12:55:28 -0500

On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 12:03 -0500, Mark Monroe wrote:
We have port locking enabled on all wired ports on campus including
labs/classes and offices.. This prevents the unplug option..

Maybe. From what I recall, port locking is by MAC address. We have had
MAC address spoofing by students in the past, IIRC including the
unplugging case.

Tim Doty
System Security Analyst
Missouri S&T


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