User Maintained Servers

To set up a server you maintain that can be accessed from off campus

• Secure your server
  • Don't use weak passwords
  • Keep up to date on system patches
  • Disable unneeded services
  • Do as little as possible from the root account
  • For services that support registration/interactive sessions, disable all write operations for anonymous/guest access.
• Request a static ip address
  • sysadmin/contact person
  • requested machine name
  • machine model/serial number
  • room that the machine will reside in
  • mac address for wired/wireless ethernet devices
• For server access off campus
  • Request needed ports to be opened on the department firewall (and state what they will be used for)

Server restrictions -- all of the following are not allowed

No commercial endorsements

• Websites with commercial branding or references
• Servers may not generate commercial network traffic
• Revenue generating websites, banner ads, off campus links to commercial vendors

No unreasonable use of campus resources

• Saturating the campus backbone with network traffic
• Pummeling network servers with requests
• No network probes or scanning

All policies outlined in the campus wide COMEC webpage apply.

-- StevenLindsey - 18 Nov 2008
-- JoeyArmstrong - 24 Sep 2009