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Wireless Guest Access
From: Matt Arthur <arthur () WUSTL EDU>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:48:43 -0500
Greetings, We are in the process of adding a couple hundred of the new generation centrally controlled wireless access points. Our current system requires a login and pw. The new system requires the same. We have had a discussion locally about adding a 'Guest' SSID that would not require a login and would ONLY provide access to web traffic. Our main goal is to allow visiting faculty, staff, prospective students, and parents to have a way to use their mobile device to check email via their yahoo account, web portal, etc... From a technical security point of view, we feel okay that folks won't be able to 'cross over' into our secure SSID area and if they download a virus/bot, it can't jump onto our network. My questions and concerns are more towards the political and legal side of things. Does anyone offer this type of wireless access? If so, are there legal/political battles that you have either fought or stepped around? Or does everyone still require some form of authentication? Thanks ahead of time! Matt Matthew K Arthur, CISSP Director, NTS-Enterprise Networks Washington University in St. Louis W: 314.935.7388, F:314.935.7142
Current thread:
- Wireless Guest Access Matt Arthur (Sep 28)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Wireless Guest Access Randy Marchany (Sep 28)
- Re: Wireless Guest Access HALL, NATHANIEL D. (Sep 28)
- Re: Wireless Guest Access Christopher Misra (Sep 28)
- Re: Wireless Guest Access Steve Lovaas (Sep 28)
- Re: Wireless Guest Access Geoff Nathan (Sep 28)
- Re: Wireless Guest Access Joe St Sauver (Sep 28)
- Re: Wireless Guest Access Matt Arthur (Sep 28)
- Re: Wireless Guest Access Steve Lovaas (Sep 28)
- Re: Wireless Guest Access Jeff Giacobbe (Sep 28)
- Re: Wireless Guest Access Koerber, Jeff (Sep 28)
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