Thanks for your insight here, Graham. I was thinking the same about not sharing an spa account generated AirBears2 key to give guests access outside of CalVisitor for the very reasons you mentioned because guests often bring their own equipment to present with.
This still begs the question of what other alternatives are there if encryption is needed. I just now got an email about someone conducting a Saturday class with non-Berkeley attendees who need wifi access. Do you or anyone in Micronet know if the AirBears Guest Account feature still works? On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Graham Patterson <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is reasonable for departmental assets. An SPA account has many of the > rights of a real person, and an AirBears2 key is one of them. I use an > SPA account on one of our Android Players for our Navori display manager > so that it can get AirBears. Useful to be able to hook up a screen > anywhere in wireless range and get full digital signage control. > > One area where you may need to plan ahead is if you have a lot of > devices - you do not want them all booted off the network because one > device caused the account to be blocked for wireless service. > > I would not put an SPA account on non-university equipment. > > Graham > > > On 9/15/15 9:12 AM, Beth Muramoto wrote: > > Charles, > > > > This is COOL! I'm just learning the various ways I can use our > > departmental spa accounts for access like this so thanks for educating > > me on another one. We have Airs that get checked out on loan and I was > > just pondering how to get them onto AirBears2 without using a person > > CalNet ID. Your idea was brilliant. > > > > Would distributing a departmental account or creating one to create an > > associated AirBears2 key to disseminate to guests for their laptops etc. > > make sense as a strategy for the need for encrypted wifi access? > > > > Beth > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Charles Lam <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Beth, > > > > If you have access to a Special Purpose Account (SPA), you can use > > it to log in to AB2. I recently used a newly created SPA for some > > external auditors who needed access to their own VPN server. > > > > Below are instructions copied strict from CSS-IT's wiki: > > > > > > Step-by-step guide > > > > 1. Go to the Manage My Keys page http://idc.berkeley.edu/mmk > > 2. You can log in one of 2 ways: > > 1. username: spa account name+calnetid (ex: > > spa-econhelp+mycalnetid, password is personal calnet > > passphrase of client > > 2. username: +calnetid, password is personal calnet passphrase. > > This will bring up a list of accounts and allow the person > > to choose the departmental account. > > 3. Once logged in, set your AirBears2 key as usual > > > > When logging into AirBears2, use the following: > > > > username: spa account name (ex: spa-econhelp) > > > > password: AirBears2 key you just defined > > > > > > *Charles Lam* > > Tech Lead - Lower Bancroft (Zone 4) > > Campus Shared Services IT <http://sharedservices.berkeley.edu/it/> > > University of California, Berkeley > > > > *To request IT services, please choose one of the three methods > below: > > * > > 1. Call us at *(510) 664-9000 <tel:%28510%29%20664-9000>*, option 1 > > – */fastest method!/* > > 2. E-mail us at [email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]> > > 3. Submit a ticket > > <https://shared-services-help.berkeley.edu/new_ticket/it> > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 7:57 AM, Beth Muramoto > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Now that AirBears has retired and CalVisitor is being > > recommended for general web surfing where encryption isn't an > > issue, I wondered about short term guests who are here for more > > than a couple of days or for a month maximum who are not getting > > CalNet IDs (or getting affiliate status) to create AirBears2 > > keys, but are, for example, logging into email servers from home > > institutions, some in other countries. Isn't using CalVisitor, > > which isn't encrypted, ill advised to recommend? > > > > Also, it wasn't clear whether the AirBears guest account option > > is still an available option. I've assumed that it went away > > with AirBears, but I still see the link at the site. We have > > created 7 day guest accounts for guests coming for meetings > > here. Also, it sounds like the CalNet sponsorship option doesn't > > give AirBears2 access. > > > > Just wanted to know how all of you are handling these temporary > > wifi access situations. > > > > Thanks as always for your perspective. > > > > Beth > > > > > > -- > > *********************************************** > > Beth Muramoto > > Computer Resource Specialist > > Graduate School of Education > > University of California, Berkeley > > 1650 Tolman Hall > > Berkeley, CA 94720 > > Email: mailto:[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]> > > Phone: (510) 643-0203 <tel:%28510%29%20643-0203> > > Fax: (510) 643-6239 <tel:%28510%29%20643-6239> > > > > “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you > > could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in – forget them > > as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it > > serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your > > old nonsense.” > > -Emerson > > > > This is the essence of forgiveness. You can't change what > > happened but you can make sure it doesn't have the power to > > prevent you from being happy tomorrow. > > > > -Paul Boese > > > > “Kind words do not cost much yet they accomplish much.” > > > > -Blaise Pascal > > > > > > *********************************************** > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The following was automatically added to this message by the > > list server: > > > > To learn more about Micronet, including how to subscribe to or > > unsubscribe from its mailing list and how to find out about > > upcoming meetings, please visit the Micronet Web site: > > > > http://micronet.berkeley.edu > > > > Messages you send to this mailing list are public and > > world-viewable, and the list's archives can be browsed and > > searched on the Internet. 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You can't change what happened but > > you can make sure it doesn't have the power to prevent you from being > > happy tomorrow. > > > > -Paul Boese > > > > “Kind words do not cost much yet they accomplish much.” > > > > -Blaise Pascal > > > > > > *********************************************** > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The following was automatically added to this message by the list server: > > > > To learn more about Micronet, including how to subscribe to or > unsubscribe from its mailing list and how to find out about upcoming > meetings, please visit the Micronet Web site: > > > > http://micronet.berkeley.edu > > > > Messages you send to this mailing list are public and world-viewable, > and the list's archives can be browsed and searched on the Internet. 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You can't change what happened but you can make sure it doesn't have the power to prevent you from being happy tomorrow. -Paul Boese “Kind words do not cost much yet they accomplish much.” -Blaise Pascal ***********************************************
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