[unisog] Open access wireless service

[Trevor Odonnal]

My superiors are interested in gathering some data concerning what other universities are providing open access guest wireless services on their campuses.  It would be helpful to us if we could enlist your input on the following questions.

1. Does your university provide an open access Wifi system for guests on campus?

2. If so, does it have encryption of any kind setup?

3.  Do you use a third-party subscription service such as Boingo, or do you have your own subscription service, or no subscription required?

4. If you don't require any authentication/subscription, how does your University feel about the risk of providing an anonymous platform that can be used for illegal activity?  Have they accepted the risk?  Do they not feel the risk is great enough to mitigate?

Many thanks in advance to those who respond.

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Trevor O'Donnal CISSP, CCFE, GREM
Security Analyst
Brigham Young University
trevoro at byu.edu