1. Acceptable Use Policy

2. Your Responsibilities
AIT provides you Internet access and computing facilities and services.
You are responsible for effective, lawful and ethical use of these resources.
This Acceptable Use Policy covers the Internet access, computer facilities and services available for free in classes, laboratories, meeting rooms and all academic area of the campus.

3. Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Regulations to ensure proper use of Institute’s Internet and computing facilities/services by users
Available at
Compulsory acceptance of the agreement

4. AUP: Responsible use
Ensure proper use and fair sharing of limited capacity of Internet/computing resources
Protect privacy
Uphold laws and common ethics

5. AUP: Proper use
For academic and research activities only Schedule high volume download at night time
Not for entertainment or personal use Downloading and viewing entertainment, game, Internet phone
Not for commercial activities

6. AUP: Protect privacy Use your own user authentication
Do not give your account to others
Logout every time you finish accessing internet from a computer:
Popup logout window
AIT main webpage -> webmail -> Logout from AITNet

7. AUP: Observe laws
Do not attempt to read, copy, modify mails or data of other people
Do not carry out unlawful/illegal activities on Internet (Thai Computer Criminal Act BE 2550)
Observe copyright law (e.g. use only licensed software/resources, do not infringe on any intellectual property, do not download illegal programs and resources)

8. AUP: Observe common ethics
Decent, polite, no harassment nor intimidation
Uphold the good name of the Institute
No private or commercial announcement to any mailing list
No anonymous or faked and Web board/posting

9. AUP: Disciplinary action
Top users are being closely monitored
Upon infringement:
Official warning
Temporary or permanent suspension of account and network access
Further disciplinary action, including expulsion

10. Unrestricted Internet Access

11. Unrestricted Internet Access
In campus residential area Automatic and compulsory in every dorms
Private Internet services with a cost 400 baht/month, charged with your rental ADSL like at 10 Mbps One connection per room
Use your AIT account to create UIA account

12. Unrestricted Internet Access
For any usage you like No Acceptable Use Policy
But you must follow the law of the land Ex: no illegal download of copyrighted material Four months exclusion in case of infringement

13. Unrestricted Internet Access
Beware of misconfigured devices:
Share your connection with a router
Install WiFi access
AIT helpdesk can helps you with configuration
Misconfiguration cause disruption
One month exclusion if you cause disruption to others
For details:

14. A word about security

15. A word about security AIT is well protected
anti-viruses
anti-spam
suspect material is filtered out
But you need to remain careful all the time

16. Phishing Major threat is phishing, it is sophisticated
Use caution, ask yourself:
do you know the sender?
does the sender uses language?
does he usually send you this sort of message?
does the sender use that signature?
why the sender is sending you this file/message?
do you trust the sender to be actively looking for viruses?

17. A rule of thumb
AIT helpdesk will never, ever, ever, under no circumstance, ask you to send your password by .
Never.
Ever.
They will not ask you to connect to some strange web page.

18. A word of advice