This may range from a temporary loss of all your computer accounts on the campus, up to the termination of your degree course and Police intervention. The Law Concerning Unauthorised Access to Computer Systems Australia has some of the most comprehensive laws against computer crime in the world. This covers any machine connected via telephone line and modem, as well as all AARNet and Internet computers. All University computing facilities may call upon the Computer Crimes Section, Australian Federal Police, to investigate illegal activity as above. Acceptable evidence in court includes computer printouts, and the testimony of computing staff and specialists.
Penalties range from six month to ten years imprisonment, and result in a criminal record.
You will need to agree to these conditions to enable your UNIX account. You may not have a Computer Science account unless you have read these conditions and signed this form stating that you agree to be bound by them. I agree to abide by the conditions of computer usage set out in those documents, to follow the directives of computer system staff, and to pay any costs I might incur as a result of any infraction of the conditions. I wish to apply for a computer account on the full understanding that if I do not abide by these conditions, I may face disciplinary procedures in the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and the University of Newcastle.