It’s tempting and convenient to use free Wi-Fi networks in public places like airports and coffee shops when you’re on the move, but did you know that such networks are prime targets for hackers looking to steal sensitive information from Wi-Fi users?\u00a0 Apart from security concerns, maybe you’d just like to use your mobile device or laptop in an environment that’s more conducive to quiet concentration, but where?<\/p>\n
On May 23, 2011 Cornell Information Technologies (CIT) rolled out “eduroam,” a secure Wi-Fi service,\u00a0available at all RedRover locations on campus, and at participating institutions of higher learning around the world.\u00a0 According to CIT Network and Communication Services, “eduroam is a secure, world-wide roaming access service for\u00a0the research and education community. \u00a0\u00a0It allows students, researchers,\u00a0faculty and staff from participating institutions to obtain Internet\u00a0connectivity at their home institution, or when visiting other participating\u00a0institutions.”\u00a0\u00a0 Eduroam is secure because it encrypts the Wi-Fi portions of data transmission; Cornell users log on using their Cornell net id and its associated password.\u00a0 Tulane, Georgetown, and the University of Chicago are among the currently participating eduroam institutions.\u00a0 Penn State, Yale, and UC Davis are beta-testing eduroam for eventual implementation.\u00a0 Canadian universities using eduroam include McGill University and the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n
To get started using eduroam, visit CIT’s “How to Set Up eduroam” page at: http:\/\/www.cit.cornell.edu\/services\/redrover\/howto\/eduroam\/setup\/index.cfm<\/a>.\u00a0 You’ll need to register your device and and install the SecureW2 software (Windows) or the configuration profile (Mac OS X and iPhone\/iPod Touch\/iPad).\u00a0\u00a0 There’s also a FAQ page at: http:\/\/www.cit.cornell.edu\/services\/redrover\/faq.cfm#eduroam<\/a>.\u00a0 More information about eduroam, including information about participating member institutions, is available at: http:\/\/www.eduroam.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s tempting and convenient to use free Wi-Fi networks in public places like airports and coffee shops when you’re on the move, but did you know that such networks are prime targets for hackers looking to steal sensitive information from Wi-Fi users?\u00a0 Apart from security concerns, maybe you’d just like to use your mobile device […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[348],"tags":[310,336,305],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions\/352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}