Jake, Same questions we had here. We were early into wireless, back when 40-bit WEP offered so little in exchange for the pain, we implemented wireless wide-open. Back then we used a netreg system to obtain userIDs to go with MAC addresses, since then we've installed Clean Access for the same purpose and remediation besides. We saw no special need to treat wired and wireless customers separately -- everyone uses CCA.
For encryption security, we have the same questions. We need it for our wireless users, and we could use it for our off-campus folks, not to mention abandoning our proxy server used to provide access to third-party databases based on having an Oberlin IP address. Sounds like a VPN would answer all three of these questions. We're rolling it out sometime this semester. Good luck. --Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College www.calfrye.com, www.pitalabs.com, www.ouuf.org "I was educated once, and it took me years to get over it." -- Ashleigh Brilliant (c) 1981. Barros, Jacob wrote: > I am having trouble making two technology concepts mesh. We are looking > at implementing Bradford Campus Manager and at the same time considering > Aruba... speaking of encryption. So my question is two fold... Do > those of you that are using a solution like Aruba's or Bluesocket's have > a Campus Manager, Clean Access solution or SafeConnect solution? If so, > is there really a point in requiring authentication for wireless? > > Jake Barros > Grace College ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
