RE: University policies re: portscanning

] Subject: Re: University policies re: portscanning At the univeristy where I work, (NO I AM NOT in the computing services department) they have a pretty strict AUP as far as what IP services can or cannot be run on the campus backbone, and also that no-user shall profit from the availability of the

RE: University policies re: portscanning

> several threads from University Computing staff at other Universities and > was wondering what their policies regarding running portscans on student > computers were. Thanks in advance. You might want to check your University policies. I would guess it is spelled out that this is o.k. Most Uni

Re: University policies re: portscanning

At the univeristy where I work, (NO I AM NOT in the computing services department) they have a pretty strict AUP as far as what IP services can or cannot be run on the campus backbone, and also that no-user shall profit from the availability of the campus backbone (don't put your home business web

Re: University policies re: portscanning

Tohru, Frankly, I would say it is a gross invasion of privacy. I was harrassed at college by the sysadmins after two of them asked me to do a panetration test on an NT4 box. They read my email, all of my schoolwork, monitored when I logged in and what I did, the whole 9 yards. Guess what?

Re: University policies re: portscanning

Expect it to happen. I run port scans not only against the students, but against faculty and staff as well. Part of my job is to examine the network for potential vulnerabilities. Since student computers sit within a part of the network that has a higher level of trust than the Internet, it's imp

Re: University policies re: portscanning

I observed this type of probing when I lived on campus a year ago during grad school at the University of Texas at Austin. This link has meeting minutes detailing Bill Bard (Top UT Network guy) saying periodic scanning s a good thing (tm). On the poli