Enet Computer and Network Usage Policies

You should read and understand these University of Minnesota Policies:

Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources

How to Secure your computer: safecomputing.umn.edu

And (information about Copyright law and the University):
Downloading and/or Sharing Copyrighted Materials
As the above apply to your use of all computers (including your own) connected to University Networks, Univerisity Computing Facilities, and ALL University Networks.

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AEM Users, should see:
AEM Computer Policies

ME 10 and ME 472 Users, should see:
Enet Computer Lab Policies

Violation of any of the below policies may result in temporary deactivation of your account, and/or your computer. Repeated violations may warrant permanent deactivation (as well as other consequences).

Connecting Computers

If you need to connect a computer, send an e-mail to menet@me.umn.edu and include the room you wish to connect it in.
We will let you know what you need to do from there.

Do NOT connect any device to any network jack in the ME buildings without first consulting Enet (menet@me.umn.edu).
Exception: Jacks designated as OPEN-PORTS by Enet on which you must authenticate before you receive network access (your machine must be configured to use DHCP and all other rules apply) - there are NO such ports in ME10 nor ME472. If you aren't sure, send us an e-mail and ask.

Attempting to connect to a port assigned to another machine constitutes a serious breach of security and is grounds for immediate account closure and loss of ANY AND ALL network privileges for the person(s) and machine(s) involved.

Routers and Access Points (network sharing)

Attaching a machine (or device) acting as a router or switch or bridge is forbidden on ANY University Network - This also includes any device which allows network sharing or wireless access to the network. Note that Enet provides proper wireless access within our buildings (The new and old Mechanical Engineering buildings and Akerman Hall).

Running of Servers

The running of server programs (ICQ Servers, KAZAA, eDONKEY, Gnutella, most Music Sharing Software, Web Servers, FTP Servers, File Servers, Print Servers, and many others; e.g. ANY PROGRAM THAT SUPPLIES a connection for a client) is not allowed on any machine connected to the Enet network (including your own) without express permission of Enet (the only exception is SSHD on your own linux/unix machine, and we recommend you turn that off as well). Such servers constitute a serious breach of security and are grounds for immediate loss of ANY AND ALL network privileges for the person and machine involved.

Sharing of Accounts

Sharing of accounts and/or passwords is strictly forbidden, and is grounds for immediate and permanent deactiviation of your account. This applies to relatives, spouses, coworkers, supervisors, assistants, and anyone else you might think of giving access to (including Enet Staff and 1-HELP).

Also note that using someone else's account or asking for their password is also a violation of this rule (and University Policy) and may subject your own account to closure.

If anyone gives you a password (or access) to an account here (including an X500 account) - you should notify us imediately (DO NOT tell us the password - just that you have been give the password to so-and-so's account).

Note that your University X500 account allows access to private information (your social security number, full name, date of birth, and bank account info through human resources) and you risk identity theft if anyone should get hold of it. It is strongly suggested that you DO NOT use your X500 password as a password for anything else (not even for your accounts with us).

Secure Passwords

Home directory permissions

To maintain system security, your home directory and any files/directories in it, must not be world or group writeable. Files in your home directory writable by others is grounds for account deactivation.

Additionally, users are expected to respect the privacy of other users. Even if another user's directory is set such that you are able to read their files, that does not give you permission to actually read those files unless the owner of the files has given you explicit permission to do so.

Along these lines, if you have any sensitive information of a personal or academic nature (i.e. homework assignments, letters to girlfriends, email, etc.), you should make sure this information is not world-readable. For information on setting permissions, please read the 'chmod' man page on any Unix system (use the command "man chmod").

Reading Your Mail:

You are required to read email sent to your @aem.umn.edu, @me.umn.edu or @ie.umn.edu account.
You may do this by forwarding it to your @umn.edu email address.
See: Reading and Sending Email via Enet Servers

Neglected Terminals/Consoles

For YOUR security, and the security of your account, it is our policy that users logged on to a console should not leave for more than 5 to 10 minutes without locking the console. If you come up to our office for help - please log out or lock the console first.

.rhosts/.shosts files (and the like):

Enet machines do not support .rhosts files.
Creating a .rhosts or a .shosts file in your home directory is a very bad idea. Users are encouraged to look at the Secure Shell (ssh) for similar functionality.

Do Not Service nor Configure Enet Managed Machines

The only people who should be servicing or configuring Enet Managed computers are Enet Staff

If you see ANYONE ELSE Servicing, Configuriing, or inappropriately making changes to any Enet Managed machine ,please contact us immediately so we take appropriate measures.