First, let me apologize for my naivete. I had planned to subscribe and lurk a bit to come up to speed but my exposure requires I move a little faster.
We recently have heard from the RIAA regarding copyrighted content at one of our conference centers. These centers are used for short periods by customers who are there for training. They generally bring their own resources which might have various peer-to-peer clients and the associated content. Theses customers are not required to 'register' or authenticate. They are given the key to our wireless SSID and allowed to access the network. The more rapid response of the copyright enforcement organizations to identify content has necessitated the need for some type of authentication/registration for these connections. Can someone offer some suggestions on how best to manage these connections? If that involves purchasing a specific wireless router to direct the session to at the time of the IP being issued please indicate which vendors or models those are. It would be nice to have a open source solution that could be installed on a PC and do monitoring for the traffic but that is not a high priority. We really dont need to block it (because it could be authorized). Only make sure we can identify where the content resides and determine a proper response. Anything you could offer would put me in a better position than I am now - thanks. Jimmy C Braden Information Security Officer Extension Information Technology Texas AgriLife Extension Service 979-862-7254 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
