Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!emory!gatech!psuvax1!news From: ehrlich@cs.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: Re: Possibly nefarious users Message-ID: <*fbHp1oo@cs.psu.edu> Date: 6 Jun 91 15:19:40 GMT References: <2D.-_.N@cs.widener.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Computer Science Department, Penn State University Lines: 31 In-Reply-To: brendan@cs.widener.edu's message of 6 Jun 91 14: 57:57 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: colossus.cs.psu.edu In article <2D.-_.N@cs.widener.edu> brendan@cs.widener.edu (Brendan Kehoe) writes: BK> Here's a question: how do other people deal with users that they *think* BK> are doing no-nos around the net? One of our users had the habit of BK> occasionally going net-surfing and doing the hit-and-run type of BK> attempts (trying 'guest' usually), but I didn't have any real proof--only BK> through other people. (He tended to come on about 2 hours before I'd BK> get up to go to work.) BK> After a lil chat with him, he calmed down. (He's since dropped out. ) BK> What do other places do? As Penn State is still in the process of formulating an official policy this is what we currently do in the Computer Science department. This is not neccessarily the best approach, but it seems to work most of the time. If we *think* that someone is engaging in abuses, either locally or net-wide, as much information as possible is gathered and presented to the department head. The department head will usually ask the individual to drop by for a chat. If said individual does not heed the advise being offered the department head will usually ask the we more closely monitor unusual events of all kinds and gather more concrete eveidence of abuses. With this information in hand a second meeting will usually get things under control. If this does not work the department head always has the option of refering the incident(s) to the Office of Student Conduct Standards. Once Penn State's policy is formalized I will be posting a copy to this news group. -- Dan Ehrlich - Sr. Systems Programmer - Penn State Computer Science /Voice: +1 814 863 1142/FAX: +1 814 865 3176