General Information

Facilities

MSDNAA

Overview of Services:
All City College computer science students are entitled to accounts on the CS server cluster. These accouts will provide the students with 15MB on our system fileservers for webpages and/or files, email, and access to our facilities.

Policy:
The department maintains certain policies with regard to the use and security of its computer systems, including the network. Violations of these policies may result in the immediate suspension of computer account and network access pending investigation of circumstances and may lead to their eventual revocation.

1. No department system may be used for purposes that violate University statutes or regulations, or for illegal or criminal purposes.
2. Unauthorized attempts to gain access are not permitted.
3. Computer and network accounts provide access to personal, confidential data. Therefore, individual accounts cannot be transferred to or used by another individual. Sharing passwords is not permitted.
4. No department system may be used as a vehicle to gain unauthorized access to other systems.
5. Any user who finds a possible security lapse on any department system must report it to the system administrators.
6. Please keep in mind that many people use department systems for daily work. Obstructing this work by consuming gratuitously large amounts of system resources (disk space, CPU time, print quotas, network bandwidth) or by deliberately crashing the machine(s) will not be tolerated.
7. Use of any department system by outside individuals or organizations requires special permission from the systems administrator.
8. Use of department systems for commercial purposes, except where explicitly approved, is strictly prohibited.
9. Frivolous, disruptive, or inconsiderate conduct in computer labs or terminal areas is not permitted.
10. Food and drinks are also not permitted in computer labs.
11. Copying, storing, displaying, or distributing copyrighted material using University systems or networks without the express permission of the copyright owner, except as otherwise allowed under the copyright law, is prohibited.
12. No e-mail may be sent or forwarded through a University system for purposes that violate University statutes or regulations or for an illegal or criminal purpose.