Policies regarding UITS research systems

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General information

To protect data and systems at Indiana University, High Performance Systems (HPS) may place limits or restrictions on technology services provided on or from any HPS-owned or -managed system and network, as follows:

Limitations may be implemented through the use of policies, standards, and/or technical methods, and could include (but may not be limited to) usage eligibility rules, password requirements, or restricting or blocking certain protocols or use of certain applications known to cause security problems.
Restrictions may be deployed permanently based on continuing threat or risk after appropriate consultation with affected constituents, or they may be deployed temporarily, without prior coordination, in response to an immediate and serious threat.
Restrictions deployed temporarily will be removed when the risk is mitigated to an acceptable level, or where the effect on university functions caused by the restriction approaches or exceeds risk associated with the threat, as negotiated between the affected constituents and HPS administrators.

Any stated policy by HPS, a unit within University Information Technology Services (UITS), is evaluated in conjunction with IU's appropriate technology use policies as defined in the IU Information Technology Policies.

Passwords

Your password on the research systems is your IU Network ID passphrase. Account passwords are intended for the owner of the account only; do not share your password with others. If a password is determined to be insecure, the account will be temporarily disabled. Change your password using IU Passphrase Maintenance utility at:

https://passphrase.iu.edu/

UITS will not give out account passwords for the research systems in email or by telephone.

Login and file transfer access

Login and file transfer access are limited to the designated interactive nodes via Secure Shell Version 2 clients and commands (SSH, SCP, SFTP). For security reasons, telnet and FTP are not supported. To transfer files to and from the Massive Data Storage Service (MDSS), use PFTP (Kerberized parallel FTP) and Hierarchical Storage Interface (HSI).

Software requests

If you wish to use public domain or commercial packages, request the installation on publicly accessible disk space by filling out the High Performance Systems Software Request.

Current restrictions

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) bot programs are not permitted.
Unattended listening user services will be terminated (e.g., programs that open a socket waiting for a connection from another host).
Accounts not logged into within 30 days of creation will be disabled.
Accounts not used for a period of six months will be disabled.

Big Red, Quarry, and RDC usage policies

Questions and comments

The policies described in this document were established with the goal of providing a stable, powerful, and efficient research computing environment for IU faculty, graduate students, and staff. If you have any questions or comments about these policies, UITS welcomes your input. Please contact High Performance Systems.

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Last modified on June 30, 2009.