What uses of the Sun workstations are appropriate and ethical?
  TOP All of the usual Penn State rules apply, as well as some additional rules that you should view at http://cs.hbg.psu.edu/misc/ethics.html . The local ethics page has links to the general Penn State computer usage policies. The short answer is that viewing or altering another user’s data without permission is never allowed, and that any commercial use of any Penn State computing resource is prohibited. • Can I use the Sun workstations from home (or some other location)?   TOP You can access the Sun workstations remotely using ssh (Secure Shell) and sftp (secure ftp). The department does not condone using telent or ftp. When you use telnet or ftp, your password is sent across the network unencrypted, and so could be intercepted by some malicious user. The usage guide at: http://cs.hbg.psu.edu/misc/usage.html contains a list of the hostnames of all of the workstations. Secure shell is available on the department resource CD, or can be downloaded for free (for non-commercial u
