Network Service Agreement for Connection of Personally Owned Devices to WSU Owned/Operated Networks
This document represents the agreement between Washington State University (WSU) and any resident of the WSU Residence Halls or Yakama Village Apartments connecting to the WSU network in any manner. This document supersedes any other written or oral agreement. Changes may be made to this document at the discretion of WSU, and the “Last Update” date shall be modified at this time. All clauses apply to all users, including but not limited to dial-up, wireless and wired Ethernet connections unless otherwise noted. Use of WSU network service from a device connected to the WSU network constitutes acceptance of this agreement.
1.0 Provision of services
WSU provides network services to authorized parties in exchange
for acceptance of this document. Network services include access
to the WSU mail server, the WSU news server,
various teaching and learning resources and a gateway to the Internet.
WSU cannot be held liable for losses incurred due to planned
or
unplanned outages in service. Use of the services provided must
comply with all existing Federal, State and Local rules and regulations.
All devices connected to the WSU Network must be properly registered in the Domain Name Server. This can be accomplished registering with WSU Student Computing Services (SCS). Please see: http://certify.resnet.wsu.edu/ to register. Unregistered devices may have their service terminated without notice. Service will not be restored until the device is properly registered.
WSU services include access to all publicly available resources on the Internet. Some of the information available may contain language or pictures about subjects intended for adult audiences. Some information available over the Internet may even be illegal to transmit or possess. Examples of this include: child pornography, illegal export of software, distribution of copyrighted material, distribution of chain or pyramid schemes and other fraudulent activity. This list is representative and is not inclusive. WSU cooperates with legal authorities in the investigation of criminal or civil infringements. It is the responsibility of the user to obey all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to their activity on the network.
WSU does reserve the right to limit bandwidth utilization of some activities as necessary to protect and enhance the mission of Washington State University.
WSU respects the privacy of our users, however, WSU does retain the right to monitor system traffic and take any other appropriate actions in the course of troubleshooting problems.
2.0 Use of Services
The user acknowledges that WSU may terminate access without notice
if the user does not comply with the terms of this document. The
user will be held responsible for any use of the service by a third
party.
Users must comply with all applicable laws and university policies when connected to the WSU network. Specifically users should be familiar with and compliant with the following before connection to the network:
- Policy on Electronic Publishing and Appropriate Use of Computing Resources, Information Technologies, and Networks (also known as “Appropriate Use Policy” Executive Policy #4) http://www.wsu.edu/~forms/HTML/EPM/EP4_Electronic_Publishing_Policy.htm
- University Data Policy
http://www.wsu.edu/~forms/HTML/EPM/EP8_University_Data_Policies.htm - University Anti-Virus Policy (Executive Policy #14) http://www.wsu.edu/~forms/HTML/EPM/EP14_Antivirus.htm
- University Network Policy (Executive Policy #16) http://www.wsu.edu/~forms/HTML/EPM/EP16_University_Network_Policies.htm
- Executive Ethics Board Policy (For State Employees) http://ethics.wa.gov/
WSU network connections are only for use by the authorized party to which service is granted. Connections may not be shared by any means including wired or wireless networking except as authorized, provided and maintained by WSU Information Technology (IT).
WSU network access should not be used to provide dedicated servers such as, but not limited to, HTTP (web), FTP, IRC or Game servers except as allowed for departments and other official entities. The running of such servers over a WSU connection is an unacceptable use of system resources.
WSU accounts should not be used in any attempt to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems. Port scanning or sniffing, exploitation of security holes, execution of hacking tools or use of another person’s user and password credentials are all grounds for termination of access and may result in disciplinary action and/or civil penalties and/or criminal charges.
WSU networks should not be used to send unsolicited advertising or promotional materials to other Internet users. Electronic mail and appropriate USENET newsgroups may be used in the conduct of legitimate personal business only as allowed by the WSU Appropriate Use Policy (Executive Policy #4).
Any use of WSU system resources that disrupts the normal use of the system for other WSU users, is considered to be abuse of system resources and is grounds for termination of access.
3.0 System Abuse
System abuse is strictly prohibited. WSU may terminate or modify
service immediately if the client engages in system abuse.
Depending on the nature and the severity of the abuse, the user may receive a warning or have their access suspended by WSU IT and/or WSU Student Computing Services (SCS). If the misuse is unintentional, the suspension may be rescinded after investigation and consultation with the appropriate representatives of WSU. If the misuse is intentional, the suspension may be rescinded at the discretion of WSU and, depending on the nature of the offense, may also require the consent of the Office of Student Affairs. Occasionally, unintentional misuse is misclassified as intentional misuse. Customers who believe their activity has been misclassified may appeal to the adjudicating authority (Student Affairs).
Following is a list of actions that are defined to be system abuse. This list is representative and does not constitute a complete list; any action about which there is any doubt should be referred to WSU IT or SCS for evaluation.
Actions that constitute system abuse include, but are not limited to:
- Attempting to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account on university systems or the Internet at large ("cracking")
- Attempting, in any way, to interfere with or deny service to any user or any host on the Internet
- Forging email or USENET posting header information
- Sending large numbers of unsolicited mail messages (i.e. "junk mail"); this includes adding or attempting to add addresses to any mailing list without explicit positive consent of the addressee
- Forwarding or posting "chain letters" (multiple forwarding) of any type
- Posting inappropriate messages to USENET newsgroups e.g., posting large numbers of unsolicited posts indiscriminately ("spamming"), or posting encoded binary files to USENET newsgroups not specifically named for that purpose
- Attempting to cancel, supersede, or otherwise interfere with email or USENET posts other than one's own
- Engaging in harassment, whether through language, frequency, or size of messages
- Using an account at another provider to promote any web site in an abusive manner
- Obtaining or distributing material in violation of copyright laws
- Using a WSU network connection to collect replies to messages sent from another provider which violate these rules or those of that provider
- Redistributing services to third parties who do not abide by these guidelines and/or who are not eligible for such services
To report suspected abuse of someone using our services, please contact abuse@wsu.edu