eduroam Policy & User Privacy

Trust in eduroam authentication is underpinned by use of a proven secure technical infrastructure and protocol, and a set of policies to which all eduroam participants are required to comply.

In participating in eduroam AU, Sport Australia agrees to conform to the Global eduroam Policy, opens in a new tab and the eduroam AU policy maintained by AARNet.

What is the users' responsibility in using eduroam?

The eduroam AU policy states that users must conform to their home institution's network Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). Users are recommended to read and comply with the Acceptable Use Policy of visited institutions. Visiting eduroam users should refer to Australian-Sports-Commission-ICT-Conditions-of-Use-Policy.pdf.

What about user privacy?

When using eduroam, the eduroam protocol prevents your institutional password from being revealed to any eduroam server other than your home institution’s eduroam server. So your login password is protected and remains secret between you and your home institution.

However your username is visible to the Sport Australia RADIUS server and other eduroam infrastructure servers involved in getting your authentication request from your device to your home institution, and may be included in logs. Such logs are required to be protected by the institution running the RADIUS server.