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Winthrop University
Campus Network Guidelines
These guidelines apply to network
ports located in faculty/staff offices and labs, Residence Halls, and
other University facilities.
- The Winthrop University
Campus Network may only be used in a manner consistent with local,
state, and federal laws. The Winthrop University Campus
Network must also be used in a manner consistent with existing
University policies including policies dealing with appropriate use
of information technology, copyrighted material, academic conduct,
and sexual harassment. Users shall not make or use illegal
copies of copyrighted materials, store such copies on university
systems, or transmit them over university networks.
- Campus e-mail users must
not release other users’ e-mail addresses in a manner that
compromises privacy. Recipients
listed in the TO and CC fields of an e-mail can see each other’s
address. This is inappropriate when the recipients are not already
aware of that information. When sending an e-mail to multiple
recipients who need to remain private, the recommended method is to
use the BCC (blind courtesy copy) field or to use a private
listserv.
- Installation of any
device (other than personal mobile clients) on the Winthrop
University campus that uses licensed or unlicensed frequencies that
coincide with frequencies used by wireless technology equipment owned
by Winthrop University must be authorized by the Division of
Computing and Information Technology. Winthrop University allows, but
does NOT recommend, the installation of personal access points. If personal access points are
installed without authorization from the Division of Computing and Information
Technology, the channel must be set to channel 1 or 11 only; the
security level must be set to WEP or better; the SSID must not refer
to Winthrop University in any manner; and the device must be
configured correctly such that the device does not provide services
on the campus network.
- Winthrop University
network connections may be configured by any user only if the
connection uses DHCP to obtain the IP address. The use of a static
IP address without authorization from the Division of Computing and
Information Technology is inappropriate, and may result in loss of
network access from the offending port.
- Network protocols, other
than TCP/IP over DHCP, may not be added to any system connected to
the Winthrop University network without authorization from the
Division of Computing and Information Technology.
- All systems on the
Winthrop University network must prohibit email relays from external
sources.
- Logical connections to
off-campus network resources should be maintained only when the user
is present and actively engaged in use of that resource. Logical
connections to off-campus network resources should be closed when
not in use.
- Network based printer or
device administration software, such as JetAdmin, may not be used on
Winthrop University's campus network without authorization from the
Division of Computing and Information Technology.
- Any activity that may be
construed as hacking, snooping, or spoofing is expressly forbidden.
- [Residence Halls only]
Applications for a "static 10 address" may be made if
required for an academic project. A "static 10 address"
allows the user to maintain a static IP address so that other
systems on campus can establish a network connection. Applications
must include a justification for the request, and be accompanied by
a signature and recommendation from a faculty member involved in the
academic project, as well as approval from the Associate Vice
President for Information Technology.
- Services must not be
hosted from computers without authorization from the Division of
Computing and Information Technology. Examples include, but
are not limited to, web services, externally accessible telnet and
ftp services, mail services, and file-sharing services.
- Methods must not be
employed to maintain persistent connections through the Network
Address Translation (NAT) system to keep an external IP address
presence. The NAT system is in place to allow a limited number
of external IP addresses to be shared by the entire campus
community. Persistent connections are unfair to other users by
monopolizing the NAT system thereby preventing other users from
gaining access to external IP connections.
- All privately owned
computers (such as student owned computers in the residence halls)
must have current up-to-date antivirus software installed and active
if the computer is connected to the campus network. All
computers must remain updated with their operating system (e.g.
Windows Update). All computers must remain cleaned of spyware
through periodic scanning to reduce generation of unintended traffic
and data transmission.
- All University owned
computers must have the current Winthrop approved antivirus software
installed. The current approved desktop solution for antivirus
on the PC and Macintosh platforms is SOPHOS. Alternate
antivirus solutions may be used with authorization from the Division
of Computing and Information Technology.
- Methods must not be
employed to misclassify network traffic in order to bypass campus
firewalls or classification mechanisms. The use of http tunneling
to route non-http traffic, for example, is not permitted.
Violations
of these guidelines cause disruptions in service to other users, and may
result in disciplinary action.
Questions regarding these guidelines should be
directed to James Hammond, Associate Vice President for Information
Technology, 803-323-2148, hammondj@winthrop.edu.
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