#6281 NORM Never A: 802.1x Wireless not supported
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Thu Jan 31 08:03:12 EST 2008
#6281: 802.1x Wireless not supported
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Reporter: pschemp | Owner: dcbw
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Never Assigned
Component: network manager | Version: Build 653
Resolution: | Keywords: 802.1x, wireless
Verified: 0 | Blocking:
Blockedby: |
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Comment(by pschemp):
Replying to [comment:5 dwmw2]:
> Replying to [comment:4 pschemp]:
> > I know how these things work, but it does in Texas, the second most
populous state in the union. :) (I can't help it if the legislature was on
crack) The first link in my comment "Using the 802.1X protocol will ensure
that UT Austin complies with federal, state, and UT System regulations
that require authentication and encryption for wireless network
resources."
>
> That doesn't prove what you said though -- that could demonstrate any
number of things, including the possibility that whoever wrote that web
page is just incompetent or corrupt.
>
> > I've no doubt this varies from state to state and also I'd bet that
802.1x isn't the only acceptable solution, but it is what all the public
universities in Texas have adopted (and other schools in other states)
making it not an obscure protocol.
>
> I don't disagree that we need to support 802.1x. I was taking issue with
your claim that it is _required_ by law. I have seen no real believable
evidence to that effect.
>
> I've seen far too many blatantly false claims that something is
'required by Sarbanes-Oxley' to take any such claim about legal
requirements seriously -- hence the recommendation that you do not repeat
that part unless you _know_ it to be true.
erm...believe whatever you'd like, I don't care to argue I just want
support to be added.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6281#comment:6>
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