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Re: [88attendees] WPA2 Enterprise WiFi?

Yasuo Okabe <okabe@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Fri, 08 November 2013 20:01 UTC

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If privacy really matters to you, you should take care on not only 
wireless but also wired links up to the Internet. I recommend you to use 
some VPN connection to your trusted host, and in that case it doesn't 
matter whether the Wi-Fi connection is WPA2 Enterprise or not.

(2013/11/09 4:25), Marco Davids (SIDN) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Now, I'm not an expert on the matter, but since privacy seems to be the
> major theme of this 88th IETF, I was wondering; would it be of any value
> if we introduce WPA2 Enterprise (WPA-802.1X mode) in the WiFi network ?
>
> Logging in with personal credentials seems a bit more secure in terms of
> 'privacy'.
>
> The IETF could send them to me, PGP-encrypted, next time I register and
> upload my PGP-key on the website, for example.

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Yasuo Okabe
Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University
http://www.net.ist.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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