Chuck, We are about to do this also. We can limit bandwidth and have Barracuda Web filtering.. But, I would be interested in learning more about "New privacy laws are quite explicit about security requirements for wireless access" to make sure we are covered. Can you point me to a website?
Janice Craddock Information Technology Manager Amon Carter Museum 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Ft. Worth, TX 76107 t. 817.989.5152 f.817.665.4333 http://www.cartermuseum.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Eisenhardt, Chuck Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 11:16 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Public Wi-Fi a myriad of illegal activities can be conducted over your network's Port 80 (HTTP), and are traceable back at least to your address space or router address, and even an individual workstation IP and MAC address. Around the time of the release of the film Matrix II, our domain technical and business contacts received a formal 'cease and desist' order from a film industry watchdog group, about a workstation on my network downloading bootleg copies. This was traceable down to a specific IP lease in the domain space. I quickly managed to locate that workstation, which was wired into the network by a staffer. This individual had previously (or regularly) visited a pirate video site on the laptop, and had a launch routine for this site as a startup routine. The industry group had installed a sniffer on the pirated site, and ID'd the laptop as soon as he powered up on my network. This has inspired strict policies about foreign computers being introduced unnecessarily to our secure domain space. New privacy laws are quite explicit about security requirements for wireless access, especially for potential unwarranted access to stored and transmitted personal information. Chuck Eisenhardt Boston Children's Museum
