ADVISORY

The NetID is provided to UPLB staff and students for access to the UPLB email (Liham) and WiFi.

Acquiring a UPLB NetID means that you’ve been registered to UPLB’s network. This means you agree and will adhere to the following guidelines, which are lifted from the Approved Acceptable Use Policy for IT Resources of the UP System:

1. Users may not use the IT System to engage in cheating or academic dishonesty.
2. A user who has been authorized to use a password-protected account may not disclose such password or otherwise makes the account available to others without permission of the system administrator. Violators shall suffer a penalty ranging from suspension for one week to one year.
3. Users may not use the IT System for personal activities not related to appropriate University functions except in a purely incidental manner. Violators shall suffer a penalty ranging from suspension for one month to one year.
4. Users may not play games or use entertainment software on or through the IT System unless authorized in writing by competent authorities. Violators shall suffer a penalty ranging from suspension for one week to one year; provided, that the penalty for habitual offense shall be expulsion or dismissal.
5. Unless properly authorized and part of her/his administrative or academic duties, users may not develop or use programs on the IT System that may or are intended to:

• interfere with the ability of the UP SYSTEM to enforce these policies;
• damage any software or hardware component of the system;
• modify normally protected or restricted portions of the system or user accounts;
• access private or restricted portions of the system; or
• interfere with or disrupt other computer users. Violators shall suffer a penalty ranging from suspension for one year to expulsion.

6. Users may not use the IT System for any partisan political activities. Violators shall suffer a penalty ranging from suspension for one month to one year.
7. Users may not publish (on mailing lists, bulletin boards, and the World Wide Web) or disseminate prohibited materials over, or store such information on, the IT System. Prohibited materials under this provision include but are not limited to the following:

• Any collection of passwords, personal identification numbers (PINs), private digital certificates, credit card numbers, or other secure identification information;
• Any material that enables others to gain unauthorized access to a computer system. This may include instructions for gaining such access, computer code, or other devices. This would effectively preclude displaying items such as ‘Hackers Guides’, etc.;
• Any material that permits an unauthorized user, who has gained access to a system, to carry out any modification of the computer programs or data stored in the system; and
• Any material that incites or encourages others to carry out unauthorized access to or modification of a computer system. Violators shall suffer a penalty ranging from suspension for one year to expulsion.

These are only a few of the guidelines regarding the appropriate and acceptable use of IT resources of the University of the Philippines system. In this case, what you don’t know could hurt you so please visit this link and read the rest of the guidelines carefully for more information.