[68766] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: who offers cheap (personal) 1U colo?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Curtis Maurand)
Tue Mar 16 13:15:40 2004
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:09:18 -0500 (EST)
From: Curtis Maurand <curtis@maurand.com>
To: Andrew Dorsett <zerocool@netpath.net>
Cc: "Vivien M." <vivienm@dyndns.org>,
"'John Kristoff'" <jtk@northwestern.edu>, <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403152329060.19491-100000@correo.netpath.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Andrew Dorsett wrote:
>
> On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Vivien M. wrote:
> Yes I am... I am referring to a system which an unmentionable university
> has in place. It requires the user to enter their username and password
> each time the link state changes before they are allowed outside of the
> local lan. This is also similar to the new port
> authentication system on the Extreme Networks switches. It automatically
> delves out an address to the user so they can access a login portal and
> then it reissues them a legitimate address once they have been
> authenticated. This is a pretty slick setup for mobile users who connect
> in temporarily to public portals but it makes little sense in a fixed
> network environment of a dorm room or office.
Its the same type of system used for hotspots.
Curtis
--
Curtis Maurand
mailto:curtis@maurand.com
http://www.maurand.com
