[WEB4LIB] RE: The Wireless Future of Library Computing

[Euan Morton]

Another reason for food not to be allowed in the library:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Darryl Friesen
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 12:07 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: The Wireless Future of Library Computing
>
>
> > On our campus all NIC (network interface cards) addresses must be
> > registered.  IP addresses are then assigned on the fly to
> "authorized" NIC
> > addresses.  All users must login to the network and be authenticated via
> > normal network logins, same as the wired connections.
> >
> > Bill Drew
>
> That doesn't mean that any of it is secure.  Unless there is some form of
> encryption used, anyone could walk in off the street and sniff
> your network
> traffic (for passwords, patron information, sensitive data etc).
>
> I won't pretend to know all that much about wireless technology (I'm a
> systems geek, not a network geek) but our campus chose Cisco hardware
> (including client network adapters) for our wireless because (our networks
> geeks tell me) they use LEAP (some sort of encrypted authentication and
> transmission standard).  The network cards are quite a bit more money than
> almost any other wireless cards however.
>
>
> - Darryl
>
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>   Darryl Friesen, B.Sc., Programmer/Analyst    Darryl.Friesen at usask.ca
>   Education & Research Technology Services,     http://gollum.usask.ca/
>   Information Technology Services Division,
>   University of Saskatchewan
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>   "Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes"
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