Network Acceptable Use Agreement

Introduction

This document provides information about what is acceptable use of the campus-provided network connections in the campus residential units in the University Village Apartments hereinafter known as UVA.

It is the intention of the campus to provide high quality network connectivity for student residents in the UVA. Use of these network connections must be for a purpose consistent with the campus mission. More information about using the telephone and data connections in the University Village Apartments can be found online here.

1) Resident Responsibilities

a) You must accept responsibility for appropriate use of your telephone authorization code. You may not share it or use another person’s authorization code.

b) Do not accept collect calls on your behalf or on the behalf of anyone else in your apartment. These calls will be charged to the apartment if we can not determine who accepted the call. A $10 service charge will be added to each collect call accepted.

c) You may not negotiate or accept long distance plans from other vendors. Refer all such vendors to Telephone Services at 760 750 6500.

d) Residents must be aware that they are connecting to the campus network and are therefore subject to other state, CSU and campus policies regarding use of state equipment. In particular, reference the Computer Equipment Access Policy – Student, and the Computer & Network Security Policy, both of which can be found here.

e) You must accept responsibility for appropriate use of your connected computer, telephone or electronic equipment – if you let someone else use your computer or your network connection, you are responsible for any misconduct on their part.

f) You may not use your network connection in such a way that it interferes with others’ use of the network. For instance, you may not use excessive bandwidth with peer-to-peer filesharing services, or scan other computers.

g) You must use the network address we assign to you and may not alter that address.

h) Since your campus connection is provided for purposes consistent with the academic mission of the campus, you may not use your campus connection for any kind of for-profit activity.

i) You must observe copyright laws and comply with software license agreements and campus policies when you download, use, copy or transfer software or data.

j) You may not physically alter or extend your campus network connection by moving the connection from its place in the wall or by installing a hub or wireless access point.

k) You may use your campus connection only for legal purposes and only to access those computers, software, applications and data files for which you have authorization.

l) You may not share your password, or use another’s username and password. In addition, you may not establish a connection (log in) and then let another use that connection unsupervised.

m) You may not misrepresent your identity when communicating with others, or when publishing information.

n) You may not send unsolicited messages, harass, defame, intimidate or threaten any other person via your campus network or telephone connection.

o) You may not use your campus connection to provide campus or internet access to anyone outside the university community.

p) You must maintain virus protection on your computer so that it doesn’t become infected and therefore a danger to other computers on the campus network.

2) Implementation

a) Network equipment such as firewalls and packet shapers are used to ensure that network security and bandwidth issues are minimized.

b) Network traffic destined for the UVA is blocked at the UVA firewall in order to prevent unwanted intrusion. This means you may not run a server from your campus-connected UVA computer.

c) Some applications may be blocked, such as some peer-to-peer filesharing. If you are concerned that your legitimate application is being blocked by the firewall, contact the Student Technology Helpdesk at sth@csusm.edu or 750-6505.

d) Should your computer become infected with a virus such that it becomes dangerous to other computers on the campus network, we will disconnect it and notify you via email and telephone.

3) Enforcement

a) It is our intention to issue warnings for minimal and first-time violations of this policy. We will work with residents to ensure the smooth operation of the UVA network.

b) Repeated or major violations will be initiate campus disciplinary procedures.

c) Conduct (such as harassment) is defined in other campus policies and electronic communications are subject to policies governing behavior.

d) Activities that are illegal violate University policy will be referred to the appropriate officials regardless of whether or not electronic technology was used in their commission.

e) If we suspect fraud, or receive complaints about your use of the telephone or campus network, we may disable your connection and/or limit your access while we investigate the complaint.

I understand that I am required to comply with the rules set forth in this policy.

Signature _________________________________________

Print Name_________________________________________

Apartment #: _________

Date: _________