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Was that on ethernet? If so, there's nothing particularly nefarious: each building had a /24 and the building's name was in the reverse dns. It's not particular
by jesboat 6y ago
Was that on ethernet? If so, there's nothing particularly nefarious: each building had a /24 and the building's name was in the reverse dns. It's not particularly different from how many [citation needed] commercial ISPs have town names in reverse dns, except the subnetting mirrors geography in a bit more detail. Dorm ethernet has since died.
If it was over WiFi, I would be much more concerned
- dmurray 6y agoWhat's different about it being on WiFi, where you most likely would be connecting to a base station in the same building that was then wired in over ethernet?
- jesboat 6y agoThey didn't (and probably still don't) subnet by building on wifi, so more precise location than "on Brown's wifi" would have required intentional information sharing.
- vermilingua 6y agoWhy would wifi be more concerning? The access points would presumably be broadcasting the same subnets as are available on ethernet.