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On January 23, Terry Lewis wrote:

> We recently connected all PCs in our labs to the internet.
Students very  quickly learned how to telnet to talkers and mudd
games, thus tying up
> a majority of the pcs for hours at a time.  Needless to say, these
> students do not get up and give up the pc for someone in need of a
> computer to do their assignment on.  We set up a router so that it will
> not allow students to telnet to a site and give a port number of 1000-4000
> (I know there are others) which gets many of the mudds and talkers that
> are being used.  Well, now we seem to have quite a revolt from students on
> our hands!  I am interested in knowing how other institutions have dealt
> with similar situations and am interested in policies that have been
> implemented by others to try and alleviated such situations.  Another
> question too...... Do most institutions connect all pcs in all open labs
> to the internet or are just a few connected?


I believe we have less of a problem at Idaho State University than
Terry does for several reasons:  (1) Despite our small student
population size (12,000) we have 253 DOS machines, 40 PowerMacs and
NCD X-Terminal machines distributed throughout nine separate labs.
The X-terminal machines are used constantly for mudding and mooing
despite the fact that we have signs posted that state no game playing
allowed.  Furthermore, all of the pcs and macs have full internet,
telnet, ftp, usenet access without restriction. (2) The two main
computer labs are open 24 hours and students become quickly aware of
the access speed and lack of down time at 2 am, so many of the
mudders and irc-ers work during the wee hours when few students are
in the labs.  (3)  We attempt to use an honor system that requires
students to only do course work and research on the machines when the
labs are full.  This gives students the freedom to find opportunities
when the labs are not full.  (4) Students can use the x-terminals for
any reason, mud, moo or otherwise without restriction.

We have debated network controls and restrictions, but have yet felt
the need.








Clayton G. Hailey
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