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1. General
- Students are not provided with additional equipment to access the internet.
- Students are prohibited from creating, viewing, accessing, attempting to access, storing, downloading or displaying inappropriate material electronically.
- All peer-to-peer usage is prohibited.
- Students may use their own wifi APs. However, CITeS is not responsible for the configuration or any damages.
- You will be forcibly logged out after 24 Hours. You have to log in again to access the internet.
2. Blocking Access to Certain Websites
- The University of Moratuwa will restrict access to specific categories of websites and will manage this by classifying websites into three categories:
- Sites that are available at all times this is all sites except below.
- Sites are blocked during regular academic hours, defined as between 8:00 am to 5.00 pm, all seven days of the week. These are categories of sites that are very unlikely to have legitimate work usage and include:
- Torrents sites
- Dating sites
- Gambling sites
- Game sites
- Sites that contain pornographic and objectionable material will be blocked entirely as far as is practicable.
- The ICT strategy committee will determine the sites to be blocked upon a recommendation from the Director of the Center for IT-enabled Services(CITeS).
- Any Student with a legitimate need to access sites under the categories above may apply via UoM HelpDesk.
3. Monitoring and Enforcement
- CITeS is responsible for monitoring Internet usage and the management of the network in accordance with this policy. This includes:
- Tracking usage and identifying any concerns.
- Revoking Internet access to students who violate the policy.
- CITeS will advise the relevant Head of Department of any suspected breaches of this policy. Any concerns will be investigated in accordance with the procedures outlined in the IT Policy | University of Moratuwa. Breaches of this policy may be viewed as serious misconduct which could result in disciplinary action being taken.
