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Account Holder Responsibilities

As a Network Guest Account holder, you are responsible for:

  • Securing your machine before accessing the Carnegie Mellon network. Security instructions are provided in the Securing Your Computer pages.
    Note: Failure to properly secure your machine will result in removal from the Carnegie Mellon network.
  • Adhering to the Carnegie Mellon Computing Policy.
  • Protecting and securing your userID and password. It is your responsibility to secure the printed copy of your userID and password. Never give out your userID and password; sharing of passwords is a violation of the Password Sharing Guideline.
  • Following all defined guidelines including but not limited to:
    • Network Bandwidth Usage: Wired and Wireless
      Because the activity of one network user dramatically affects the performance for other users, Computing Services has established usage guidelines for both wired and wireless connections.
    • Copyright Violation Guideline
      The distribution of copyright protected files without the permission of the copyright holder is illegal.
      Note: For anyone accessing the Internet through Carnegie Mellon's network, using either an institutionally-owned or personally-owned computer, the University serves as their Internet Service Provider (ISP). The University is therefore bound by laws and policies that apply to ISPs.
    • A complete list of computing guidelines is available at: www.cmu.edu/computing/guideline/index.html