Educause Security Discussion mailing list archives

Re: Guest WiFi Access


From: markm196 () netscape net <markm196 () NETSCAPE NET>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 13:04:06 -0500

Have never had that happen yet,  lucky I guess..  With wireless available everywhere..  No real reason. 

Sent from myTouch 4G

----- Reply message -----
From: "Tim Doty" <tdoty () MST EDU>
To: <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
Subject: [SECURITY] Guest WiFi Access
Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2011 12:55 pm


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

Current thread: