Mr. Epstein,
I am almost sure that your institution is always responsible for
anything that takes place in your network. You own it, you are responsible.
We just implemented the BroadHop solution, which forces people to login
to the system anytime they want to connect. Here certain members of our
user population are able to create temporary accounts for these
temporary users. Once the temporary users come in, they are able to log
in and navigate outside of our network only. The system acts as a NAC
for those users. If you want any more information, send me an email off
line and I can fill you in a little bit.
Brian Epstein wrote:
In talking about our wireless network at our weekly meeting, an idea of
a public network was brought up.
We have a lot of visitors that are on campus for a few days that need
network access. We currently have a registration system that has been
deemed too cumbersome to navigate, and an easier solution is needed.
We came up with a plan that would allow a client 7 days of free Internet
only access. Afterward, the client would have to go through the
registration system.
We know that people can change their MAC addresses and bypass the
security of this system.
I brought up the concern of liability. If someone were to use this
system for nefarious deeds, would the Institution be responsible? How
do other schools with open networks navigate the liability issues?
I realize that by opening up the system like this that we would be
subjected to CALEA, which is something else that I'm working on.
Thanks for your help,
Brian
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