What is being measured or monitored?
Each residence hall port is monitored for total upload and download traffic. The equipment has been proven to be extremely accurate. Penn State monitors totals and “does not monitor content.” A program runs every 8 hours that compares your totals to the current bandwidth limits and sends appropriate email (only to their PSU email account) if a student has gone over the limits. Each student is responsible for anything going in and out of their port even if your roommate uses your computer or your computer gets infected with a virus. University policy AD-20 states students must be in control of their computer at all times. The student owns the computer needs to protect it from viruses. CAC is supplying students with a FREE Norton anti-virus program to stay virus free. It is up to the student to load on their computer. ResCom or Residential computing woud be happy to help any resident hall student install the software. Check your current bandwidth consumption.
