Re: Do you need two Guest Wireless Networks? (Re: [SECURITY] Questions/thoughts around outsourcing guest wireless)

[Ken Connelly <Ken.Connelly () UNI EDU>]

IMHO, Virginia Tech does guest wireless The Right Way.  As an annual
repeat customer, I appreciate that the access is relatively seemless for
the week that I'm there and yet it is also not "free WiFi" like you
might find at Panera or Starbucks.

- ken

randy marchany wrote:
> Guests on our wireless network require a campus "sponsor" who
> basically approves their request to connect to our network. The
> sponsor is able to set the times/days of access, enable/disable their
> wireless "account". The guest account can be reactivated later if the
> guest comes back to campus, for instance, on a yearly basis. The guest
> creates their own userid/password, fills out demographic info and has
> to enter the university sponsor. We don't restrict  their access to
> the net.
>
> See http://www.cns.vt.edu/data_guestAccess.html and 
> http://www.cns.vt.edu/data_guestFAQ.html for details.
>
> -Randy Marchany
> VA Tech IT Security Officer & Lab
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Jeffrey Schiller <jis () mit edu
> <mailto:jis () mit edu>> wrote:
>
>     I have run into two interesting use cases. The first is the obvious,
>     providing access to people on campus who do not normally have access
>     to our "regular" wireless network (which will soon require
>     authentication, etc. etc.).
>
>     The second one is the use case where you need guests to interact
>     closely with faculty and staff. For example the laptop of a visiting
>     researcher who is collaborating closely with a particular faculty
>     member (or lab). For example in the lab they may need to be on the
>     same subnet as the affiliated people.
>
>     Now for a long term visitor, they can presumably be granted
>     credentials and become effectively a part of the community. But there
>     is also the short term (aka a weekend) case.
>
>     Another way to look at it is that some guests just need access to the
>     Internet while others need access to the network at the institutions
>     and these are subtly different.
>
>     -Jeff
>
>     On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Perry, Jeff <perry () ku edu
>     <mailto:perry () ku edu>> wrote:
>     > I am writing to seek information from peer institutions
>     regarding how you
>     > handle guest wireless access.
>     > ...
>
>     --
>     _______________________________________________________________________
>     Jeffrey I. Schiller
>     Information Services and Technology
>     Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>     77 Massachusetts Avenue  Room E17-110A
>     Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
>     617.253.0161 <tel:617.253.0161> - Voice
>     jis () mit edu <mailto:jis () mit edu>
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>     _______________________________________________________________________

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- Ken
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Ken Connelly             Associate Director, Security and Systems
ITS Network Services                  University of Northern Iowa
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