What is the Acceptable Use Policy and the Network Connection Policy (draft)?
The Acceptable Use Policy governs the use of Brown-owned technology and technology on Brown’s campuses. It was created this summer, a great deal in order to smoke out peer-to-peer file sharing devices like Kazaa, which Brown had a problem with last spring. The AUP tells technology users (students, staff, faculty) what they can and can’t do with Brown technology, and for what behavior they will be sanctioned. The AUP governs file access (either on server/personal computer). The Network Connection policy (draft) was created to regulate the use of network traffic (ie, AIM traffic, email received/sent). This is good because the AUP did not contain mention of how officials intended to monitor traffic.
