Any report received by the Office of Residential Network Services that a computer on the housing network attempted to hack into or scanned the ports of another will result in the immediate disabling of the network connection until the matter is resolved. In light of the recent rash of highly publicized incidents by the news media, it should be remembered that network administrators are tracking attempts to hack into their systems, and report those attempts immediately to the University when they occur. Security and Privacy Network traffic is considered private. In some cases, the loss of privileges may be permanent. This allows users to explore aspects of networking while protecting the privacy of others.
Users are responsible for the security and integrity of their systems.
In such cases, if the owner cannot be contacted in a reasonable time the network administrator reserves the right to disable the network connection. Once the owner is made aware of the situation and agrees to take reasonable steps to ensure that the computer is not compromised, network privileges may be restored. Any computer with shared drives or directories that are passworded are considered private, even if others that do not own the computer know the password. Accessing passworded directories without the express permission of the owner is considered hacking, and may result in permanent loss of network privileges. In cases where, despite the efforts of the system administrator, a computer continues to pose a security concern, we reserve the right to require that the user switch to a single user OS before allowing the system back onto the campus network.