Re: College Support of VPN on open Wi-Fi

[Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks () VT EDU>]

On Wed, 04 Oct 2017 23:44:35 -0000, "Corn, Michael" said:
> One thing to consider if you're rethinking your VPN strategy. Include a check
> box somewhere that, if checked, permits access to the VPN from overseas. By
> default it should not be checked. This will provide some protection to accounts
> from abuse since VPNs are frequent targets for use from overseas (esp. for
> those targeting your library resources).

Also make plans for how to deal with people that travel to California, or across
the state, and errant Geo-IP suddenly decides they're outside the US. Make sure
that your help desk is able to deal with these glitches *AND* that the procedure
is at least somewhat social engineering proof....

(Yes, I know that last part is a challenge involving tradeoffs ... :)

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