Our local radius logs show eduroam users as the 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, confirmation it was 
approved by the source institution, which wireless controller they 
authenticated through and the MAC address of the device they are using, so we 
can identify them.  If someone is contravening our policies, we will deal with 
them the same way we would with a local F/S/S (warnings, cut them off, etc).  
Granted, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> is not necessarily 
their email id, so we may not be able to inform them that we have taken action. 
 If they are on campus for a month doing collaborative research, they'll likely 
call our helpdesk soon enough.  Of course, this has not been an issue for the 
five years we have been on Eduroam.  Visitors, researchers and collaborators 
are here to get work done and they are productive from the time they turn on 
their device.

If it is something illegal and we were asked/required to cooperate with law 
enforcement, we would give them 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. They'll not be long 
getting access to personal information that they need (info that I do not need 
to know/store anyway).  Don't worry about other countries and cooperation 
agreements between law enforcement.  It works faster than you think - in both 
directions.  (Probably faster than inter-state and inter-province).  I cannot 
speak to your CALEA regulations, but other US institutions are using eduroam.  
They may add comment here.

I do not see an issue with different university's policies as to who they 
allocate ID's and passwords to.  We do not mind if one of your alumni uses our 
wireless for an hour while at a campus sporting event, for example.  Beyond the 
normal faculty, staff and students, if a retired Prof from your university gets 
on our wireless network while attending a meeting, or visiting one their 
grandchildren attending here, go for it. We will not notice.  If you know who 
they are and they are registered in your systems, then we trust you and will 
accept them too.  They are accessing a bit of free wireless, not our ERP.

Eduroam is great is for hosting national conferences, regional and national 
student competitions, etc - no special arrangements required (except for 
non-eduroam institutions :(). When I attend a meeting or a university IT 
conference at an eduroam member, I am accepted and on the network as soon as I 
hit the parking lot.  No calls from our president when he attending meetings 
somewhere else either!

As for passwords, my computer is set up to encrypt my password according to my 
university's standards.  When I visit an Eduroam institution, their radius 
server simply passes on my request as is through the radius network to our 
radius server for authorization.  If I am at an institution that uses a weak 
password solution, I do not need to weaken my login process.  I am far from a 
radius expert so I may have missed your concern.

I am sure there are better Eduroam authorities on this list who can provide 
better input.  Eduroam is about inter-institution cooperation and it has been 
nothing but a great experience for us as we travel and for our institution's 
visiting colleagues.


Peter E. [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
University of New Brunswick, Canada

From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Green, William C
Sent: February-26-13 2:50 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Eduroam and AUP acceptance?

I think the driver's license is an interesting analogy, and it causes me to 
think differently about the issues eduroam raises in a different light.  
However, as with most analogies it breaks down quickly (states do have 
standards coordinated with federal entities on IDs [blustering aside], 
coordinated training and standards [e.g. car vs truck], integrated license 
plate databases, user identities on the drivers license when pulled over, etc).

I am interested in the service, and like the idea of enabling researchers 
better network access.  But I'm still troubled by a number of issues which I 
think could be solvable, but solving them doesn't seem to be in the spirit of 
the European effort.  Just a few:

My understanding is eduroam doesn't allow the host university to know the 
identity of the user of the local network resource.  The host can request it of 
the remote university, but the remote may or may not respond.  It adds 
complexity to security investigations and law enforcement actions.  Local law 
enforcement can't compel another country's university to release credentials.  
What might US CALEA implications be in these cases?  I realize different 
laws/rules apply in different localities/entities regarding network use and 
identity and interpretation by each entities legal counsel.

My understanding is also that eduroam doesn't have standards for who is granted 
credentials across institutions participating.  At one school it may be 
faculty/students/staff, while at others that may include alumni/visitors/hobos. 
 Related, I don't believe attributes are revealed in cases where the local 
institution wished to grant different status to, say faculty versus student.  
How do different access policies and charges (for those of us that charge) map?

There may be exposures to user/password credentials utilized.  For institution 
that use a consistent/single sign-on credential for their network access also, 
this is once again problematic.  [lost the argument about the dangers of using 
SSO for network access -- even back in the web portal days prior to 802.1x]



It is the same for everyone.  I think it is fair to say that every institution 
requires faculty, staff, and students to accept an AUP before assigning a user 
ID and password (typically once a year).  Simply apply your AUP rules to the 
eduroam "visitors".  Do not consider Eduroam users as outsiders/guests of your 
institution; they are authorized colleagues from neighbouring institutions.  
They know the rules and more importantly, they are easily traceable.  I can 
drive in your state with my driver's licence.  It is accepted and I am 
authorized, but I should learn your specific state rules to ensure I am not 
ticketed.  Same idea.


Peter


-William


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