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["Kobiske, Rob" <Rob.Kobiske AT uwsp.edu>]

Thanks for the reply.

I'm hopeful other will ask for this feature as it would really help us (at 
least in our situation).  I defiantly agree with your concerns, but am 
hopeful admins would respect the purpose of this program.

I know CAT is really going to make things easier for our users come fall!

Rob Kobiske
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Winter 
[mailto:stefan.winter AT restena.lu]
 
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 1:53 AM
To: 
cat-users AT geant.net
Subject: Re: [cat-users] Removing SSID

Hi,

> Is it possible to remove an SSID using the cat program?
> 
> We'd like to setup an open SSID that redirects users to the CAT 
> download page.  Once the run the installer, we'd like this SSID 
> removed from their list so they don't auto connect again.

We don't currently support this at the moment.

Deleting settings which are unrelated to eduroam is a debatable topic.
In the scenario you describe it is certainly coupled with the eduroam service 
in some way, and it makes sense to de-provision the bootstrap SSID afterwards.

I'm worried a bit that once a "delete other SSID" feature is present, it 
would also be used for general client hygiene by admins, going beyond the 
eduroam bootstrap problem. Maybe that's just me though; I have recently heard 
a presentation about Internet2's InCert and was baffled at what some admins 
apparently want to do once they have a "foot in the door" on the client 
device. I wouldn't want to go down that way with CAT; its purpose is setting 
up eduroam, nothing more.

But since your scenario indeed has to do with eduroam provisioning, it's not 
unthinkable to add such a support (to some device classes that allow us to do 
this; e.g. on all Apple devices, the user's SSIDs are under his own control, 
new network profiles can't generously delete other settings on the device).

So, I'd make an implementation of this feature dependent on user demand... if 
enough people ask for it, it may well happen.

Greetings,

Stefan Winter

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