Draft: Acceptable Use Policy -- 1/27/92
University of San Diego
Department of Academic Computing and Department of Information Systems
January 1992

	The Department of Academic Computing, the Department of Information 
Systems, and the University of San Diego provide computing resources to 
students, faculty and staff in support of programs of the University.  
Computing resources include local area networks and connections to other
computer networks -- specifically, but  not exclusively, the Internet and 
BITNET. All students, faculty, and staff are responsible for seeing that 
computing resources are used in an effective, ethical, and lawful manner.

	The University disclaims responsibility for the loss of data or 
interference with files resulting from its efforts to maintain the privacy and
security of the University's computer facilities.

	The following policies relate to the use of Department of Academic 
Computing and Department of Information Systems facilities.1  These policies 
are in addition to existing University policies on plagiarism and appropriate 
use of facilities.
1.	Computer facilities are owned by the University or department and are 
to be used for department-related or appropriate professional activities only.  
Facilities will not be used for non-University sanctioned commercial purposes 
or the installation of fraudulently or illegally obtained software or data.
2.	An account assigned to an individual by the department must not be used 
by others. The individual is responsible for the proper use of the account, 
including password protection.  The individual must take all reasonable 
precautions, including password maintenance and file and directory protection 
measures, to prevent use of their account by unauthorized persons.
3.	Programs and files are confidential unless they have explicitly been 
made available to other authorized users. Copying, renaming, changing, 
examining, or deleting files belonging to someone else is against policy. 
department faculty and staff may access others' files when necessary for the
maintenance of the computing facilities. When performing maintenance, however,
every effort will be made to insure the privacy of users' files.
4.	Departmental computing resources, including electronic mail and other 
electronic communication, will not be used to annoy others. It is against 
policy to send obscene, abusive, or threatening messages.
5.	Attempts to bypass standard procedures are not allowed. This includes,
but is not limited to, attempts to discover another user's password, taking 
resources from other users, distribution or execution of a program that damages 
another user's files or departmental computing resources, and gaining access 
to resources for which proper authorization has not been given.
6.	Physical tampering with departmental resources is not allowed.
7.	Users will not deliberately attempt to degrade system performance or 
to deprive authorized users access to departmental computing resources.

Failure to comply with the above guidelines shall constitute a violation of 
department policy and may subject the violator to disciplinary or legal action 
by the department or University. In addition, the University may require 
restitution for any use of computing resources that is in violation of the 
above guidelines.  Users of departmental computing resources are also subject 
to local, state, and federal laws.

1 A possible alternative to the previous sentence is the following: "The 
following policies relate to the use of Departmental facilities."