The following policies and procedures pertain to student usage of the SCSU network. Failure to comply with these policies and procedures may result in the loss of network privileges as determined by the severity of the violation.

All SCSU policies and guidelines regarding student conduct are applicable to all users. These policies include, but are not limited to, those that prohibit harassment, and discrimination and the like. Additionally, all state and federal laws are applicable.

1. Connecting a computer to the campus network signals your FULL agreement to and understanding of this Acceptable Use Policy and any future modifications thereto.
2. Any loss of network privileges may not be mitigated by or substituted for other disciplinary action resulting from violation of university policy, and state or federal laws. Depending on the severity of the violation, disciplinary action may result in loss of computing and e-mail privileges, and probation, suspension, or expulsion from SCSU. SCSU will cooperate in providing system access to state or federal authorities as may be required for law enforcement purposes.
3. SCSU network administrators reserve the right to monitor stability and security of the network. Accordingly, at any time administrators may monitor bandwidth usage and/or stability of the network; and perform scans of the network intended to discover violation of policies and/or potential security hazards.
4. Users may not tamper with, modify, or extend wiring. This applies to all network wiring, data jacks, related hardware, and network or Internet services. Wireless access points, which would in effect extend the network beyond the SCSU provided network and potentially provide wireless connections to others, are prohibited unless specifically approved by the SCSU network staff. Wireless devices such as wireless network cards, which utilize university provided wireless access points, may be used.
5. Only two computers may be registered to each individual student at any given time. SCSU Network Administrators must approve secondary computer registrations. Network Administrators reserve the right to deny any secondary registration request (contact the HelpDesk for more information).
6. Only one IP address will be assigned to each registered computer via DHCP. Students may NOT have multiple IP addresses per computer. Hardcoding, or manual specification of any network settings, will not be allowed and is considered prohibited. IP addresses are not “static” and may change at anytime.
7. IP Addresses may NOT be registered to domain names outside of St. Cloud State University.(Example: registering your IP to something like www.company.com)
8. Use of the SCSU network for commercial purposes or financial gain is not allowed in any form other than the publishing of your resume on the World Wide Web. This includes, but is not limited to, selling access to resources on your computer or making a direct financial gain from use of network resources.
9. Abuse (intentional or not) of network resources is prohibited. This includes any activities performed by a student, or group of students, that is considered detrimental to the network and/or cause excessive traffic.
10. No student, or group of students, may in any way restrict or interfere with others’ access to or use of the network.
11. Harassment of others is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to the use of anonymous/forged E-mail, "SPAM", and other unsolicited messages. Port scanning of systems (campus and/or Internet) is prohibited and considered harassment.
12. Students will be held responsible for all activity originating from their registered computer. This includes all actions taken by guests using a connection registered under your name.
13. All shares (including text files) on the Network Neighborhood or Appletalk network must be password protected. Passwords must not be empty. Shares will not be available from off campus.
14. No student may use the SCSU network to commit any illegal act or to gain or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any data or system (regardless of whether that data or system is secure). Granting access to copyrighted software or other copyrighted material (including MP3 files from copyrighted music media and digitized video from copyrighted motion pictures) on the network is prohibited.
15. Students may NOT run servers on the SCSU network. Examples of servers include, but are not limited to, WWW, FTP, SMTP, POP, NTTP, DNS, DHCP, IRC, Telnet, and Hotline Server.
16. SCSU network administrators have the responsibility to protect fair access to network and Internet resources by all users and to implement, publicize, and enforce policy consistent with these rights. Accordingly, administrators may remove any user, service, or program from the network (without notice) that impedes with fair access pending an investigation and decision, or satisfactory resolution.
17. SCSU reserves the right to modify, change, and reformat this document as it deems necessary without permission or consent of its network users. Copies of these guidelines will remain available via HuskyNet web site.