Regulations for placing and connecting private IT equipment to the University College’s computer network.

For pedagogic reasons it can be practical for staff and students to place their private equipment on the University College’s premises or to connect it to the computer network. This is possible on condition that there is an agreement with the faculty IT Operations staff. The following must be observed:

1. The University College takes no responsibility for the equipment. Damage, loss and misuse are the responsibility of the owner.
2. The University College cannot be expected to place other equipment at disposal to enable network connection.
3. Prior to placing equipment or connecting it to the network the following must be agreed with IT Operations:
1. Who owns the equipment
2. Who has the operations responsibility (one person only)
3. Who has access
4. What the network address is
5. Where the equipment is to be placed.
4. The equipment with software has to be configured as instructed by the operations personnel.
• IP-adresse DHCP
• Computer should answer ping requests
• Computer name according to IT operations standard
• Computer to be updated with latest security patches and have anti-virus program installed.
5. The equipment should not be used by other persons than those already registered as users of the University College computer equipment. This means that users of Unix machines or other multi-user machines are not to be registered unless they are staff or students or have other affiliation with the University College.
6. Server functions, information bases etc. (such as mail, ftp, fsp or www servers) that can be accessed from external equipment via external communication channels, are not to be made operative without prior and explicit permission from the University College IT Operations staff. It is not allowed to use such equipment commercially.
7. The equipment should not be used for non-authorised storage or distribution of software.
8. The users of the equipment should observe the rules pertaining to the use of the University College equipment.
9. The person responsible for the equipment is also responsible for observing the rules.
10. IT Operations personnel will have full access to equipment placed on University College premises and to its root/admin password in order to be able to inspect it and control that the use complies with the rules.
11. IT Operations personnel may at any time (should there be suspicion of wrong configuration or misuse) and without prior notice disconnect the equipment from the University College’s network and, if needed, remove the equipment for further inspection.
12. The permission to use private equipment is time-limited and for one semester at a time, i.e. lasting to June 31 and December 31 respectively.
13. Violation of the rules will lead to immediate disconnection and suspension of the permission.

Please send the filled-in form to the faculty IT Operations department. A copy of the permission will be returned to the person responsible for the equipment.