King's College network registration system King's College network registration system Academic users of the College (and University) network must first read the security requirements, the sensible usage policy and the connection terms and conditions described below. College Members: We cannot identify the network card you have used to connect to this server - this may be because you are not directly connected to the College network currently (e.g. you are accessing this page from behind a firewall such as the College wireless network gateway, or are simply arriving from elsewhere on the Internet). Hopefully this is not a surprise to you because you have explicitly chosen to visit this web page to register your interest in King's network connectivity. By authenticating yourself using your Raven password (more information), and acknowledging your agreement of the terms and conditions, we will set aside an (IP) address for you. If you already had a King's IP address, we will try to figure out what it was and reallocate it to you. Note that we cannot configure your computer to automatically receive this address until you actually try to use your computer directly connection from within the College network however. Indicate that you agree to the connection security requirements, terms and conditions within King's College, including your responsibility to install anti-virus software and to ensure your operating system has any applicable security updates applied as quickly as practical. Authenticate using Raven to prove who you are, and to verify your responses to the terms and conditions. "Wait a minute - I've already seen this page?!" There are a number of circumstances in which you may see pass through this registration page more than once - e.g. registering from a computer that isn't yours, and then using one that is (that we haven't seen on the network before). Please repeat the process as often as necessary (unless we're talking more than five times, in which case something probably has gone wrong and you should see visit the computer office!). Users with multiple computers (or other networked devices): You are welcome to use this service to register more than one computer (i.e. MAC address) against your King's Internet (IP) address, but only one will work at any given time. Note that the wireless network is completely independent and will not apply this limitation to you (although it's going to be much slower!). Registering for a wired network connection (which is why you're here) also permits you access to the wireless network. If you have an academic or other pressing need for multiple IP addresses, please contact the King's Computer Officers. Extra Cambridge-only IP addresses can be allocated to you. An independent set of static IP addresses are maintained for those with special computing needs. I have read the sensible usage policy and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of connection to the King's data network. I understand that my connection may be blocked without notice for serious breaches of policy, terms and conditions. This includes exceeding ten gigabytes of usage within a twenty-four hour period. Allow me to prove my identity, using Raven. I understand that my agreement to the above conditions will be considered to have been verified upon my successful authentication. Security requirements: Antivirus software IF you have no antivirus software, you will need to download and install the software below before connecting your computer to the King's Network. Please note: If you choose to change from another Anti-Virus product installed such as Norton's this will need to be un-installed first! Links to anti-virus software Keeping your devices up-to-date with antivirus software is a requirement for use of the College and University data network. Free McAfee antivirus products for Mac and Windows are available for students and staff: Click Here for more information ... Internet usage policy INTERNET USAGE POLICY The college provides a high speed Internet connection to all bedrooms on campus. It does so for you to use for academic purposes rather than for entertainment. The college network is a shared resource that comes with obligations to use it wisely (in contrast to a connection in a home environment). Access to the network for students is provided free of charge by the college, although the college does have to pay usage charges to the University. DOWNLOADING ILLEGAL MATERIAL It is against the law in this country to download copyright protected material without permission from the copyright holder. Typically the materials involved are popular movies or computer games. Illegal activity, at �torrent� sites in particular, is actively monitored by copyright holders, who issue complaints to the University. When such activity has been detected, the University and the college normally apply stronger penalties: � 1st offence:� disconnection for 1 week and a fine � 2nd and subsequent offences:� disconnection for a longer, possibly indefinite, period and a fine In both cases above it will be necessary to visit the Lay Dean to discuss what occurred. In addition, a college computer officer will inspect your computer. OTHER ASPECTS Besides not generating large amounts of entertainment traffic, the two most important practices to be observed on the network are: �install software for operating system updating (for all systems) for Windows and Mac OS - ensure you have an up to date anti-virus program The University provides free anti-virus software to download. Please visit https://www.ucs.cam.ac.uk/docs/faq/security/a4 for more information and the download site. RULES AND REGULATIONS Many other rules and regulations govern connection to and acceptable use of the college network (which is part of the wider Cambridge University Data Network, often referred to as the CUDN). Full details are published online at https://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/security/notes/collegerooms.html. You get an opportunity to read these when you first connect your computer to the college network. Revised, October 2014 Terms and Conditions Promiscuous mode reception or any other form of network traffic monitoring is forbidden. User machines are not permitted to saturate the network by emitting an unreasonably high frequency of packets. Only the IP number issued by College shall be used on the socket specified. No spoofing or attempt to use other IP numbers on that socket is permitted. Only the DNS name issued by the College shall be used. Users are not permitted to register their IP number with other DNS names or aliases. IP packet forwarding is forbidden (note that you might have to explicitly turn off IP forwarding with some versions of Linux). It is forbidden to emit e-mail or news articles with false headers. It is forbidden to emit e-mail or news articles with headers advertising that the client machine is an e-mail host. ''From'' and ''Rep1y-To'' headers must indicate an official host on which the user has an e-mail account, or be an cam.ac.uk address. Electronic mail may not be emitted other than via official SMTP mail servers in the cam.ac.uk domain, such as those at Hermes, CUS, the Engineering Dept or the Computer Laboratory. It is generally expected that outward e-mail will be emitted via the SMTP mail server on which the user has an inward a-mail account. Usenet news articles may not be emitted other than via the Computing Service or Engineering Dept news servers. Inward e-mail to private SMTP e-mail severs is not permitted. Private news (NNTP) servers are not permitted. Private routing daemons are not permitted. Where a user machine offers a permitted service to the network, the service thereby made available must comply with relevant acceptable use policies. For instance, if a Telnet service is offered, it must not offer general computing resources to persons calling from outside the *.cam.ac.uk domain unless the usage complies with the Janet AUP, and it must not offer resources to persons outside King's College unless it complies with the CUDN AUP. Information services (such as web pages) must not carry advertising, must not carry information on behalf of commercial bodies, and should not carry information on behalf of bodies unaffiliated with the College or the University of Cambridge - please ask if you wish to clarify particular cases. The College reserves the right to require (in cases where it is possible) that client computers run certain responder software when on-line, and that such responders shall not respond with false information. In particulars computers capable of running ''finger'' and "ident" services must do so. It is forbidden to launch or copy applications which are subject to commercial copyright restrictions and licensing unless the client user is in possession of a valid license for that application. You may not advertise yourself as a NetWare server. Specifically Windows 95/NT users should not use CAP advertising and Linux users should not be using nwlink. Users should keep abreast of any announcements posted in ucam .kings.announce and act on notices when requested. Users must have permission from the computing committee subgroup before running a server.. Permission will rarely be refused for the following types of sever: NFS, LPR, Microsoft or OS/2 (SMB) file sharing or printer sharing, AppleTalk file sharing or printer sharing, FTP, Gopher, HWP (World-Wide Web Server), Telnet. Please note that many of these have severe implications on the security of your computer, and you should only offer these services if you are confident that you understand the security implications and have taken appropriate precautions. This is doubly important because compromise of your machine's security might permit intruders to monitor network traffic other than your own and thereby acquire information about other users in College. Computer games and other recreational activities which use the network are not approved, but will be tolerated so long as other network use is not affected. Recreational use which loads the College's link to CUDN, or the University's link to Janet, is particularly sensitive and likely to upset other use. NAG software version 0.3 David.Eyers@cl.cam.ac.uk
