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ECE: Computing Help: Accounts & Policies: Computing Guidelines
ECE Computing Policy
- Mac's and PC's on ethernet
- Root Access
- ECE Computing Guidelines
Mac's and PC's on ethernet
Mac's and PC's can be connected to ECE's ethernet if:
- It is located in a faculty office, and is to be used
by faculty only.
- It is located on an ECE staff members desk, and is to
be used only by an ECE staff member.
- It is behind a network filter or switched hub.
- It is connected to the "Lab" cable. This must have the
ECE Computer Committee's approval if it will be used by
graduate and undergraduate students. All ECE faculty, Staff
and students should be aware that there are people with
root access, PCs and Macs connected to the "Lab" cable.
Contact
ecehelp
for specifics.
Root Access
Root access may be obtained by faculty or students
on computers on the "Lab" network or networks behind filters
or switched hubs when approved by the ECE
Computer Committee.
Those who obtain root access must supply ecehelp with a list
of ALL tasks which they will perform as root. ALL tasks must
be approved by ecehelp before they are performed. The following
conditions must also be agreed to:
- Notify ecehelp.
- No network snooping.
- ecehelp must also have root access.
- root access may be revoked at any time.
"Repair and Maintenance" of computers on which users have root
access generally takes longer. Therefore, ECE repair of such
computers shall be given lower priority than a computer on which
root access is exclusive to the ECE Systems Administrators. In
general, Root assumes "Administrative Responsibility" of the
computer. All problems with the computer should be addressed to Root
before being forwarded to ecehelp.
Contact ECEHELP for a list of Mac and PC computers on the Admin ethernet.
ECE Computing Guidelines
Computing facilities are provided by the School of Engineering for the use of faculty,
staff, and students. All users are expected to make use of these computers in a manner
which is ethical, legal and not to the detriment of others. Further guidelines for
appropriate usage are described below.
- You may only use those facilities which have been authorized for your use. You are
not to make your password available to others. You may not use any account set up for
another user or make your own account available to other users. The .rhosts file may
not include computers outside of ECE or usernames other than your username.
- You may only use authorized facilities for authorized purposes. For example,
facilities made available for teaching or research may not be used for private gain.
- You must honor the law of personal property and copyright as it affects computer
software. Software must not be copied except with the express permission of the
copyright owner.
- You must respect the privacy of other users. You may not attempt to access or
copy information belonging to other users without their express permission.
- You may not attempt to interfere with the operation of computing or networking
resources.
- You may not attempt to subvert the security of any of the University's
computing or networking facilities.
- You may not use the University's computing facilities to send obscene, offensive
or harassing messages.
Failure to abide by the above rules and following conduct guidelines will be treated as
misconduct and may result in disciplinary action including denial of access to
university computing resources.
The School of Engineering accepts no responsibility for any damage to or loss of data
arising directly or indirectly from the use of these facilities or for any consequential
loss or damage.
Unauthorized computer usage is subject to academic regulations, and civil and criminal
statutes under the California Computer Crime Act (Section 502 of the California Penal
Code, a copy of which may be found as /usr/local/doc/S502, /usr/local/doc/S502.rtf
and /usr/local/doc/S502.ps).
Usage Guidelines for Engineering Computing Resources
The successful operation of Engineering's computing environment requires that members
of the Engineering computing community accept responsibility for their own behavior
and ensure that their actions are ethical, and in accordance with UCSD's regulations.
Computer Accounts
Engineering's computing resources, class accounts, or computer access privileges exist
to support academic computing. That is, usage is specifically authorized for those
computing activities which the faculty member responsible deems appropriate. Any use
of an Engineering computing resource, class account, or computer access privilege for
other than those authorized functions is not authorized.
Unauthorized usage
Unauthorized computer usage is subject to academic regulations, and civil and criminal
statutes. Any person who participates in unauthorized computer usage is punishable by
UCSD administrative/academic procedures including account suspension, account
cancellation, academic discipline up to and including dismissal, as well as by
civil/criminal fine, or by imprisonment, or by both.
General Discussion
The rapid growth of technology has considerably widened the scope of our actions and
our ability to communicate around campus and around the world. That something is
technologically feasible does not, of course, make it ethically appropriate. In an
environment of widespread minicomputer access and powerful mainframes, high-speed
local and national networks, ethical computing includes making appropriate use of
the computing resources, preserving system and network integrity, respecting the
computing environment, respecting privacy, using civil standards of communication,
obeying copyright laws, and being sensitive to the needs of others.
Making Appropriate Use
The purpose of computing facilities within the School of Engineering is to further
the educational and research mission of the School and its academic departments.
Any other usage is prohibited.
Preserving System and Network Integrity
Actions taken by users intentionally to interfere with or to alter the integrity
or performance of the system, or the established computing environment cannot be
permitted. These include unauthorized use of accounts, impersonation of other
individuals in systems communications, attempts to crack passwords or encryption
schemes, and destruction or alteration of data or programs belonging to other users.
The execution of programs which willfully alter, disrupt or circumvent the computing
environment or networking restrictions are prohibited. Equally unacceptable are
intentional efforts to restrict or deny access by others to any of the shared
resources of the system.
Respecting The Environment
Computing tools, like library resources, are shared goods, essential to scholarship.
The continued availability of these expensive and fragile resources requires that
they be treated with care. The intentional and unauthorized alteration, damage,
destruction or theft of computer hardware, software, data, or related equipment
clearly violates any code of ethical computer use and violates statutes as well.
Similarly, the willful introduction of computer viruses into the University's
computing environment or into other computing environments via UCSD's network
is violation of University standards and regulations.
Respecting privacy
Most of our computer systems have reasonably robust security mechanisms to protect
information from unintended access. However, these mechanisms, by themselves, may
be inadequate for a university community, for whom sharing is as important as
protection of individual privacy. Users must supplement a system's security
mechanisms by using the system in a manner that preserves the privacy of others.
Files owned by individual users are to be considered as private, whether or not
they are accessible by other users. That you can read a file does not mean that
you may read a file. Files belonging to individuals are to be considered private
property. For example, users should not attempt to gain access to the files or
directories of another user without explicit authorization. Programs should not
store information about other users without the users' prior knowledge. Personal
information about another individual, which a user would not otherwise disseminate
to the UCSD community, should not be stored or communicated on the system without
the individual's explicit written permission.
Be aware that electronic mail and computer files are not private in any absolute
sense. Administrators and operations personnel may have access to mail, files
and accounts in the normal course of their duties. Instructors have access to
the files of students in courses they teach or whose research they sponsor.
Unauthorized access to information stored on a computer is a direct violation
of the University's standards of ethical conduct. Improperly accessing files
related to coursework is also a violation of these standards, computer-assisted
plagiarism is still plagiarism. And in many circumstances it is collusion to
access course-related information with the owner's permission.
Using civil standards of communication
Within the broad context of free academic discussion and debate, communications
between members of the University community are expected to reflect high ethical
standards and mutual respect and civility. It makes no difference whether the
communications medium is a face-to-face oral exchange or a local or national
computer network. The use of obscene, racist or sexist language, for example,
clearly violates the ethical standards of the UCSD community, and is as
inappropriate for computer-mediated communications as for other forms of
University discourse.
Intellectual Property Rights - Obeying Copyright Laws
Software piracy is indistinguishable from shoplifting or theft. It is against the
law to copy software that is protected by copyright, licenses and other contractual
agreements, and which has not been placed in the public domain or distributed as
freeware. Software piracy, copying a protected software product, injures all of us.
It reduces the incentives for the software industry to invest in new software
projects, it substantially reduces the willingness of vendors to support computing
at UCSD through donations, attractive discount programs, and the like. Software
piracy is morally wrong. That the theft takes place behind a computer screen makes
the thief no less morally culpable.
Respecting the needs of others
While UCSD attempts to provide a well functioning computing environment, during peak
periods (mid-terms and exams, for example) the demand for computing resources may,
at times, exceed the supply of terminals, micros, workstations or mainframe
connections, machine cycles or network bandwidth.
Responsible computing demands that one is sensitive to the needs of all who seek
to use UCSD's resources, and that one limit one's use of computing resources to
performing only the most essential academic tasks during periods of peak demand.
As a member of EDUCOM, UCSD supports and encourages the following EDUCOM Software
Initiative Code of Software and Intellectual Rights.
"Respect for intellectual labor and creativity is vital to academic discourse and
enterprise. This principle applies to works of all authors and publishers in all
media. It encompasses respect for the right to acknowledgment, right to privacy,
and right to determine the form, manner and terms of publication and distribution.
Because electronic information is volatile and easily reproduced, respect for the
work and personal expression of others is especially critical in computer environments.
Violations of authorial integrity, including plagiarism, invasion of privacy,
unauthorized access, and trade secret and copyright violations, may be grounds for
anctions against members of the academic community."
Dialin Info (from Network Operations)
Users should know that their user name, connection times, and connection
destinations will be logged and that this information may be used to help identify
participants in specific activities that are unacceptable to the University under
the guidelines of the UCSD Policies and Procedures manual. It may also be used to
categorize dialin use for policy making or capacity planning.
Info From: ECE Computer Committee, Updated: 10/22/96
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