1.      All Users must respect the privacy and usage privileges of others, both on the SIU campus and at all sites reachable by SIU's external network connections. 

1.1.   Users shall not intentionally seek information on, obtain copies of, or modify files, other data, or passwords belonging to other Users, whether on the SIU campus or elsewhere, or develop or retain programs for that purpose, without the authorization of the file owner or the Director of Information Technology. Reasonable file copying (e.g., in back-ups) and password changes are permitted among the routine tasks of LAN Administrators and of appropriately authorized Information Technology Staff. 

1.2.   Users shall not represent themselves electronically as others, either on the SIU campus or elsewhere, unless explicitly authorized to do so by those other Users. To be valid, such authorization of one User by another User must not circumvent established, system-specific policies defining eligibility for resource access. 

1.3.   Users shall not intentionally develop and/or use programs that harass other Users, either on the SIU campus or elsewhere. 

1.4.   Users shall not obstruct or disrupt the use of any computing system or network by another person or entity, either on the SIU campus or elsewhere, whose usage is protected by law, ordinance, regulation, policy, or administrative ruling. 

2.      All Users must respect the integrity of computing systems and networks, both on the SIU campus and at all sites reachable by SIU's external network connections. 

2.1.   Users shall not by any means attempt to infiltrate (e.g., gain access without proper authorization) a computing system or network, either on the SIU campus or elsewhere. 

2.2.   Users shall not attempt to damage, or alter without proper authorization from the affected system’s owner, either the hardware or the software components of a computing system or network, either on the SIU campus or elsewhere. 

3.      All Users of SIU's external network connections shall comply with the evolving "Acceptable Use" policies established by the external networks' governing bodies. 

3.1.   The current Illinois Century Network policy can be found at http://www.illinois.net/AUP.pdf

3.2.   The SIU Information Technology Office will publish revisions of external networks' "Acceptable Use" policies, making them available to Users in both printed and electronic form. 

3.3.   In cases of doubt, Users bear the burden of responsibility to inquire concerning the permissibility of external network uses, prior to execution. Such questions should be directed to the SIU Customer Support Center. 

4.      Computing and networking resources are sometimes in scarce supply. Resource contention may variously involve disk space, CPU time, terminal or workstation keyboard access, printer access, plotter access, software access and network bandwidth. Priorities between uses (e.g., instruction versus research versus system maintenance) and between Users (e.g., students in different classes) will vary from system to system and according to time of day, week, semester, and year. 

4.1.   System owners, and by their delegation LAN Administrators and Departmental Staff, have broad discretion to set and revise reasonable usage priorities and operational policies (such as hours of operation, usage time limits, populations to be served, etc.) They may also take such routine steps (e.g., removing hung jobs, updating system configurations and user defaults, reprioritizing resource-intensive jobs, managing print queues, backing up systems, etc.) as may be reasonably necessary for the operation of their systems or facilities. 

4.2.   Users are expected to comply fully with the instructions of Departmental Staff, LAN Administrators, and system owners. In particular, Users will vacate terminals, workstations, or the facility and will surrender other resources (such as printers and software) promptly when asked to do so, both at closing times and when necessary to permit access by others. 

4.3.   Where possible, Users should be provided systematic means (e.g., through facility, departmental, or college computing advisory committees, or via the CAC at the All-University level) to advance suggestions and criticisms concerning the priorities and their implementation. Appropriate avenues for complaints concerning services provided by IT Staff also should be provided. 

5.      Failure to abide by the policies set forth in this document and the Network Connection Guidelines may result in temporary or permanent termination of access to the University’s campus network.