RE: [fw-wiz] Locking down public wireless access

From: John Adams (jna+dated+1109546999.6e3a90_at_retina.net)
Date: 02/23/05

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    To: Mark Gumennik <mgumennik@mitre.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:29:58 -0800 (PST)

    I think what you're looking for is nocatauth. Have a look:

    www.nocat.net

    -john

    On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Mark Gumennik wrote:

    > Chris,
    > The way wireless RFC is written :
    > - you can secure the data; you can not secure the communication itself.
    > Your plan is adequate for today's technologies for university environment,
    > but: user names and pwds can be easily spoofed on wireless com, you don't
    > even have to be a hacker for this: just use existing tools. I would not do
    > my banking on wireless; let your customers be aware of it.
    > Did somebody on the list actually written a policy on using wireless? - if
    > yes please send me a copy
    > Mark
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: firewall-wizards-admin@honor.icsalabs.com
    > [mailto:firewall-wizards-admin@honor.icsalabs.com] On Behalf Of Chris Bills
    > Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 1:31 PM
    > To: firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com
    > Subject: [fw-wiz] Locking down public wireless access
    >
    > At my university, the computer science department would like to offer
    > wireless access to computer science students, but would like the
    > access to not be anonymous. Current problems with unrestricted access
    > to the internet are obvious, anonymous kids downloading porn, movies,
    > mp3s, etc, and as the university allowed this to happen, they could be
    > held liable.
    >
    > enforcing a logon policy would help limit the university's liability
    > in said situations.
    >
    > ideally, we would like to implement a system in which the user will
    > connect to un-encrypted wireless, but any attempts to get out will be
    > redirected to the authentication page. Once the user logs in, they
    > will be given the WEP key of the day, and then they will have
    > unrestricted access.
    >
    > I'm investigating the usage of Linksys WRT45G routers, with a modified
    > firmware, but I have no actual experience with this. I would like to
    > look into other methods of doing this, as well, such as Perfigo (which
    > has now been acquired by Cisco)...
    >
    > If you have any suggestions for hardware, or existing documentation
    > floating on the net about how to achieve this sort of setup, please
    > let me know.
    >
    > Chris
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