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[Stefan Winter <address@concealed>]

Hello,

> today, eduroam stopped working here at Ulm University, Germany. This is,
> because our organization (Ulm University) forces us to install your
> “eduroam CAT” application from google play store (
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.ac.swansea.eduroamcat
> ).

If your organisation forces you to do things you don't want then that is
a pity.

Since this is a decision taken by your university personnel, there is
nothing we can do here. You need to talk to your university to make them
change their mind.

> Given the fact, that the application is rated with poor 2,x stars,
> and the user reviews are really really bad, I don’t want to install this
> application on my smartphone.

Many of the poor reviews are because of the fact that the app makes sure
that the device is provided with a PIN lock or higher. Many people seem
to be upset about that and really want their device to be entirely
unprotected.

The app has to insist on a PIN or better because of restrictions in
Android API which only allow to store a root CA certificate if such a
lock is in place. So, to satisfy Android rules we really have to go that
way.

> Before, it was really easy to use the eduroam infrastructure, because
> there was a root certificate to install – then it worked like charm.
> Now, I need to install an application, configure it, and so on. Why
> can’t we just use the prior root certificate?

It has expired.

> Can you share the manual (!) configuration to use eduroam in our
> organization WITHOUT installing this app!?

That is exactly the question you have to ask your own university
personnel. Configuration details vary from university to university - so
your own personnel are the only ones who can provide authoritative
information on manual installation instructions.

Or you just follow their new instructions anyway.

Greetings,

Stefan Winter

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