Rules and conditions relating to network use

Use of the CUDN is governed by a number of documents from various sources. They are grouped below according to their intended readership.

For all users:

• Rules made by the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate: Formal Information Strategy and Services Syndicate rules for use of University and College IT facilities
• Authorization for Use of the CUDN: Formal Information Strategy and Services Syndicate rules for use of the CUDN
• Use and Misuse of Computing Facilities: Informal guidelines amplifying the formal Information Strategy and Services Syndicate rules
• JANET Acceptable Use Policy: Formal HEFCE rules for use of JANET
• JANET Security Policy: Formal JISC policy for maintaining the security of JANET
• Abuse of copyright via the CUDN - guidelines on copyright law and proceedings if breached

For all those responsible for network-connected computers:

• Conditions of issue of IP addresses: Conditions, additional to the formal rules above, applied by the Computing Service to the allocation of IP addresses
• CUDN-connected computers must support the ICMP Echo (ping) function: Devices actively connected to the CUDN using IP should respond correctly to ICMP Echo Requests and must do so to ICMP Echo Requests from the subnet from which 'friendly probing' is performed.

For students with connected systems in their college rooms:

• Security implications of attaching a computer to a College network: How to avoid jeopardising other computers in College, the University, and elsewhere

For staff responsible for institutional networks:

• Use of the CUDN and JANET by Conferences in Cambridge: Rules about the use of networking facilities by conferences and their delegates
• Access to the CUDN and JANET for outside organisations: Information about the limited circumstances in which outside organisations may acquire connections to the CUDN for collaborative work with University institutions
• Requirements for an institution's network to carry UTN VoIP traffic
• Network Authentication Issues: Advice on validating that users are who they claim to be and are authorized to use a facility
• Skype and the CUDN: Issues relating to the use of Skype over the CUDN