[120052] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Breaking the internet (hotels, guestnet style)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Seth Mattinen)
Tue Dec 8 16:05:17 2009
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:04:29 -0800
From: Seth Mattinen <sethm@rollernet.us>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20091208154022.GA57438@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Leo Bicknell wrote:
>
> Most of the hotels I have used don't actually require authentication.
> They require a click through indemnification agreement. No username,
> no password, no room number, just a "click here to accept our terms
> and conditions".
>
> I would much prefer this be added to the check-in process. I already
> have to sign a contract with the hotel to check in, it should cover use
> of the WiFi as well. Then there is no need for a click through
> agreement.
>
Yes there is; if they have wireless then the radio waves don't
discriminate between guest and non-guest and could be picked up by
someone who didn't sign the check-in paperwork.
~Seth
