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Residence Life Policy on Acceptable Use of Computers and Networks (AUP)

It is the policy of The University of Arizona to maintain access to local, national, and international networks for the purpose of supporting its fundamental activities of instruction, research, outreach, and administration. As you use the Residence Life network, you must take necessary measures to safeguard the operating integrity of the systems and the accessibility of those systems to other users. This policy covers all persons accessing computer or network resources through any Residence Life facility. The following policies govern the use of the Residence Life network:

  1. Use the network in a manner consistent with all local, state and federal laws and all University policies including the Student Code of Conduct and The University of Arizona’s Guidelines Governing Acceptable Use of Information and Network Systems.
  2. You may not modify Residence Life network services or wiring, nor may you modify or extended them beyond the area of their intended use. This applies to all network wiring, hardware and in-room jacks. You may not connect routers or wireless routers or devices that act as routers (i.e., personal networks). However, you may use simple switches to provide more network connections within your room.
  3. You may not use the residential network provide UANet or internet access to anyone outside of the University community for any purpose.
  4. You may not provide network services from your computer. This includes, but is not limited to, BBS, chat, DHCP, DNS, FTP, HTTP, IRC, NNTP, POP2/POP3, IMAP, SMTP, Telnet, WINS, and TeamSpeak. If you have a documented academic need to provide such services from your personal computer, you must have prior written authorization from Residence Life administration before you activate any such service(s) on the Residence Life network.
  5. You may not retransmit University-specific network/computing resources or network resources obtained commercially by the University (e.g., University site-licensed software, etc.) outside of the University community.
  6. The residential network is a shared resource. You may not use the residential network or applications in any manner that inhibits or interferes with the use of the network by others. For example, you may not run or use:
    • Applications which use an unusually large portion of the bandwidth for extended periods of time (e.g., peer-to-peer network file sharing applications such as LimeWire, KaZaA, Morpheus, Gnutella, IMESH, WinMX, Audiogalaxy, etc.)

    • Dedicated network game servers (game servers that run and continually listen for connections even with no human players connected)

    • Applications designed to send repeated email messages or mass email messages (“email bombs” or “bulk mailers”)
  7. To conserve server resources for all users, set your POP/IMAP mail client (e.g., Eudora, Thunderbird, Evolution, Outlook, Outlook Express, etc.) to retrieve mail no more frequently than every thirty (30) minutes (if you set it to automatically retrieve mail from the server). You may manually retrieve mail as frequently as you wish.
  8. You may use the residential network for legal purposes only. You may access only those systems, software and data for which you are authorized. You may not share access to copyrighted software or other copyrighted material (including MP3 files from copyrighted music media and digitized video from copyrighted motion pictures, etc.) on the network. You may not use or employ remote administration tools (SubSeven, NetBus, BackOrifice, etc.) on others’ computers via the network. Only authorized network administrators may use port scanning or network administration software. If you violate this prohibition, you will be referred to the Dean of Students Office for disciplinary action. You may also be prosecuted under state and federal laws.
  9. You are required to respect the rights of other users at all times on the network, including their rights as set forth in other University policies for students, faculty, and staff. These rights include but are not limited to privacy, freedom from harassment, and freedom of expression.
  10. You must know and obey the specific policies established for the systems and networks you access.
  11. Under no circumstances may you give others access to University systems.
  12. The residential network is provided for uses consistent with the academic mission of the institution. You may not use the network for commercial purposes or for unsolicited advertising. You may not provide open access to files or folders on you computer which contain anything protected by copyright (including MP3 files from copyrighted music media and digitized video from copyrighted motion pictures, etc.); that is of a pornographic nature; or anything which would be in violation of the University’s and/or the Residence Life’s Community Standards.
  13. You may not forge or otherwise misrepresent your identity via electronic or any other form of communication. This includes the use of an IP address not specifically assigned to you by the University. It also includes using a forged or false identity with certain email or other electronic communications programs (i.e., mail clients such as Eudora, Thunderbird, Evolution, Outlook, Outlook Express, and IRC/chat programs such as AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger and ICQ).
  14. Network administrators are responsible for protecting the rights of users, setting policies consistent with those rights, and publicizing those policies to their users. They have authority to control or refuse access to the network to anyone who violates these policies or who threatens the rights of other users. Administrators have the authority to temporarily suspend your network access without notice if the administrator believe you are the source of an alleged violation, pending investigation of the violation and satisfactory resolution of the complaint.
  15. Your use of the Residence Life network constitutes full agreement with and understanding of this Acceptable Use Policy and any future modifications thereto.
  16. Residence Life reserves the right to modify, change, and reformat this document as it deems necessary without permission or consent of its network users. Copies of this AUP will remain available on Residence Life’s web site.
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