VPN (Virtual Private Network) Usage Policy:
SUNY Cortland's VPN Connection: Terms and Services Agreement

1. Only current employees of SUNY Cortland with an Active Network Logon Account may access internal resources via VPN. Special accounts will not be established for the sole purpose of connecting to internal college resources via a VPN connection
2. All remote access to campus shares and internal resources will only be granted via a secure VPN tunnel.
3. It is the responsibility of users with VPN privileges to ensure that unauthorized users are not allowed access to SUNY Cortland internal networks.
4. VPN gateways will be managed by SUNY Cortland's Administrative Computing Services Network Operations group.
5. All computers connecting to SUNY Cortland's internal networks via VPN or any other technology must first be protected by the most current anti-virus software, and routinely run the appropriate update processes to get the latest updates available for their computer's operating system, software, and hardware.
6. Only Administrative Computing Services approved VPN clients may be used.
7. By using VPN technology with personal equipment, users must understand that their machines are a de facto extension of SUNY Cortland's network, and as such are subject to all of the same Information Resources Policies listed at http://www.cortland.edu/ir/ on the Information Resources web site.
8. Support is limited to Windows 2000/XP, and Apple OS X.


May, 2005