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Acceptable Use Policy
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Montana State University provides a residential network (ResNet) to its
Residence Halls and Family/Graduate Housing for educational,
instructional, and entertainment purposes. It is the responsibility of
each student and/or family to use these services appropriately and in
compliance with all University, City, County, State, and Federal laws
and regulations. MSU ResNet reserves the right to restrict access,
availability of access, and enforce the terms of this agreement.
1. The use of any type of wireless equipment including but not limited
to wireless switches, wireless routers, wireless hubs, and wireless
network cards in the Residence Halls is prohibited. Users with wireless
network cards must disable those cards while using ResNet. Wireless
connections in Family and Graduate Housing must be secured.
2. The use of a hub or router on ResNet is prohibited. Permission to use
a switch on ResNet must be approved prior to the use of the switch and
will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the ResNet administration.
The use of a network switch is subject to an additional connection fee.
Users are prohibited from using a switch or other device to provide a
ResNet connection to any other person.
3. The residential network is a shared resource. Consequently, network
uses or applications that use excessive bandwidth or otherwise inhibit
or interfere with the use of the network by others are not permitted.
Bandwidth usage limits are enforced as a total amount of data
transferred(upload and download) in a 24-hour period.
4. ResNet reserves the right to immediately disconnect any computer
temporarily if the computer is found to contain viruses or Trojan horse
software in order to protect the network. It is the responsibility of
the user to make sure their computer has current virus protection
software installed and operational. The user's ResNet connection will be
restored when it has been determined that the user's computer is
completely free of viruses and is running current virus protection
software.
5. All network-shared devices, drives and directories must be password
protected to limit access to those whom the user authorizes and also to
prevent the spread of viruses.
6. Users shall abide by all applicable copyright laws and licenses. The
ResNet network may only be used for legal purposes and to access only
those systems, software and data that the user is authorized to use.
Sharing access to copyrighted software or other copyrighted materials
(including MP3 files from copyrighted music media and digitized video
from copyrighted motion pictures, etc.) is prohibited unless
specifically authorized by the copyright holder.
7. Commercial or for-profit use of ResNet or MSUNet is prohibited.
8. ResNet may not be used to provide Internet or MSU network access to
anyone other than the ResNet customer for any purpose.
9. Any user who circumvents/defeats or attempts to circumvent/defeat the
ResNet firewall or any other mechanism put in place by ResNet to manage
the network will be subject to immediate termination of service and
possible disciplinary action.
10. ResNet network services and wiring may not be modified or extended
by users for any purpose. This applies to all network wiring, hardware,
and data jacks.
11. Costs to repair physical damage to the ResNet hardware in the room
or apartment (including wiring, data jack, conduit or box) will be
assessed to the resident.
12. Use of connected networks, including MSUNET (
http://www.montana.edu/wwwitc/manual/compute.html#410.00
), the Internet, and Internet2 must be consistent with the rules and
acceptable use policies established for those networks by their
providers.
13. The provision of network services from user computers (e.g., HTTP,
Peer-to-peer apps, Chat, DHCP, DNS, FTP, IRC, NNTP, POP3, SMTP, Telnet,
WINS, etc.) is prohibited.
14. Use of ResNet implies user's consent for ResNet administration or
its agents to monitor activities, traffic, and data via the user's data
connection for the purpose of determining compliance with this
agreement.
15. It is up to the user to make their computer and data safe from other
users on the network, and the user will not hold MSU-Bozeman liable for
malicious acts by other network users.
16. If you have a reason to believe that another user or group of users
is interfering with your access to the network, you may report the
problem to the ResNet office and expect that the ResNet administrators
will investigate and if necessary take corrective action. (ResNet Center
phone: (406) 994-1929; email:
resnet@montana.edu
).
17. Any unauthorized attempt to access another computer (on or off
campus) is prohibited. Any reports received by the ResNet administration
of unauthorized attempts to access other computers will result in the
immediate disconnection of the suspected network connection until the
matter has been resolved. Some examples of unauthorized attempts to
access are password cracking programs, port scanning any computer that
is not owned by the person doing the scanning, and gaining access or
attempting to gain access to another computer without the owners'
permission.
18. ResNet reserves the right to immediately disconnect any computer
that is sending disruptive signals to the network, whether because of a
defective cable, Ethernet card, or other hardware or software problem.
It will be the user's responsibility to correct any such problem before
the computer can be reconnected to ResNet.
19. ResNet reserves the right to immediately disconnect any computer
temporarily for the purpose of network hardware, software, or security
troubleshooting or to enforce the ResNet Acceptable Use Policy.
AUP Enforcement
Consequences for AUP violations per offense type:
- 1st Offense: Warning
- 2nd Offense: Three (business) day suspension of service
- 3rd Offense: One (business) week suspension of service
- 4th Offense: Service suspended indefinitely until a
mutual resolution is found between ResNet, the Dean of Students and the
offender.
Minor infractions of this policy, when accidental, such as consuming
excessive resources or overloading computer systems, are generally
resolved informally by ResNet administration. This may be done through
voice or e-mail, or in-person discussion and education. ResNet also runs
a full service help desk where we can assist in virus cleaning, system
security configuration, wireless configuration, etc.
Repeated minor infractions or misconduct that is more serious will
result in the temporary or permanent loss of ResNet access privileges,
or the modification of those privileges. For example, multiple offenses
will result in longer periods of service disconnection. More serious
violations include, but are not limited to, unauthorized use of computer
resources, repeated virus infections, repeated bandwidth offenses,
repeated file share violations, repeated wireless offenses, attempts to
steal passwords or data, unauthorized use or distribution of copyrighted
materials, harassment or threatening behavior. In addition, offenders
may be referred to their sponsoring advisor, department, or other
appropriate University office for further action. If the user is a
student, the matter may be referred to the Office of Student Affairs for
disciplinary action.
ResNet may require that the user bring their computer or electronic
equipment to our help desk center in order to verify compliance with
this acceptable use policy before service will be restored.
Any action that violates local, state, or federal laws may result in the
immediate loss of ResNet computing privileges and will be referred to
the appropriate University offices and/or law enforcement authorities.
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