Gabe,

You may want to sit outside a dorm and associate to one of the student's APs. From 
there, on your little network, you could theoretically launch any number of malicious 
activities, and then simply walk away. Log files would trace back to the student's 
wired port where his wireless device was plugged in, making the student to blame for 
your bad behavior.

Or, if you have a sanctioned campus wireless network that borders a res hall, see if 
there is interference. If you require users to authenticate before they join the 
campus wireless network but instead they can join some student's without credentials, 
the risks should be easy to show.

The "what ifs" are fare better to talk about than waiting for actual damage done.

Regards,

Lee H. Badman
Network Engineer
Computing and Media Services (NSS)
250 Machinery Hall
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244
(315) 443-3003 Voice
(315) 443-1621 Fax



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We have a policy against wireless access points in residence halls, but
so far have not enforced it very heavily.  We haven't really had any
problems, so I'm sure I will get complaints if I take a more forceful
approach.  In order to prepare, I would like to have some examples
ready.  Does anyone have specific examples of problems they have had as
a result of unauthorized access points?  Network problems or specific
security issues that I can use as examples would also be helpful.

Thank you,
Gabe Custer
Cedarville University

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