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Terms and Conditions

Users at RSISE must understand and agree to be bound by the Australian National University's "Acceptable Use of Communication and Information Systems" policy available at:

http://info.anu.edu.au/policies/Policies/Information/Other

Further, users must agree to all of the following:

1. Neither the ANU nor NICTA will be liable for any theft of or damage to personal devices.

2. Connection of equipment to a network port and the allocation of an IP address will be undertaken by members of the IT Group only. Users will not modify assigned IP addresses or network ports.

3. Access to IT devices and network connectivity granted through this application is for my exclusive use for work-related purposes only.

4. Users will take all reasonable actions necessary to prevent unauthorised access. In the case of personal or self-administered equipment this includes regular updates of system software and antivirus definitions and the management of a personal firewall.

5. Users will not make modem connections to any devices connected to the RSISE subnet including via a VPN.

6. Users will not attempt packet sniffing on wired and wireless networks, vulnerability scanning, encryption and password cracking, running DHCP servers and spoofing IP/MAC addresses.

7. Users will not install or use peer-to-peer software.

8. Users will not use computing resources from any other users' machine that has not provided both myself and the IT Group with written permission.

9. Users will only use computer accounts assigned to them, and will not disclose username and passwords to anyone, or log in any other user, authorised or not, using their credentials.

These Terms and Conditions may change to reflect policy decisions, and users will be bound to any changes in policy. If a change is made, the IT Group will advise you via email prior to the change.