MUA Summary

Anyone with a user account on a WiCS machine must sign our Machine Usage Agreement, summarized below. Those using available guest accounts do not need to sign the MUA, but they are still held to the rules and regulations outlined in it.

Acceptable and Unacceptable Use

• Accounts should primarily be used for academic study or personal computing projects
• Users shall not engage in unethical, abusive, illegal, or damaging activities

User Responsibilities

• User conduct, whether you have an account or are a guest user, is governed by our Code of Conduct, MUA, local laws, and University policy
• In particular, this means no commercial use: no corporate or startup websites or product work, no mining cryptocurrency
• Users are responsible for all usage of their account and their actions

Security

• WiCS provides no guarantees of security
• Users are only permitted to access their own accounts; do NOT share your account or password
• If you discover a security problem, contact the Systems Committee immediately and do not make it public until it is corrected or attempt to exploit it

Auditing and Logging

• We log your activity
• We may share these logs with the University or local law enforcement when required

Rights of the Systems Committee and the WiCS Executive

• When necessary, we will examine programs, files, or software that appear to violate policy or our systems security and may terminate or remove them with notice
• We may suspend or remove your account in the case of a violation, with notice
• We may update this and other policies, with notice

Summary of a Summary

Please use the WiCS machines responsibly, and be considerate of others. The WiCS Systems Committee reserves the right to revoke access from anyone engaging in irresponsible or illegal activity.