Visitor policy
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Long term Visitors
These are people who will be here for more than six months. They are treated as ordinary members of staff. Sue and Catherine need to know details about them two months in advance. This should include starting and leaving dates, which must be precise. If precise dates aren't known then please give the worst case dates ie the earliest they may arrive and the latest they may leave. Catherine also needs to know their full name, sex, title, date of birth, any college they may have, and any previous Cambrigde user identifier they have had. This information is used to set up UCS computer accounts in advance and is also needed for any new member of staff.
Short term visitors
By default we provide the following:
- Basic Linux desktop computer, not backed up, whose hard drive will be wiped when the visitor leaves. The machine will be capable of web browsing and reading email, but may not be up to serious computation.
- Open access wireless network for wireless-enabled laptops. This is provided by a commercial ISP and is a separate network from the academic wired and wireless networks.
If asked in advance, we can also provide:
- wired network connection for laptops under some circumstances. If this will be required please ask the visitor to email Catherine and Sue at least a week in advance with the request and a statement that:
- The laptop is up to date with security patches
- All user accounts on the laptop have strong passwords
- All software on the laptop is properly licenced
- The visitor agrees to obey the network rules linked from http://www-co.ch.cam.ac.uk/network/network-commandments.html
- Accounts on clusters/host/[1]/mail system/[2]. In order to have any of these the visitor must be assigned a CRSID by the University Computing Service so this is only appropriate for people who are staying at least six weeks. Please let Sue and Catherine know at least a week in advance which accounts are needed and provide full name, sex, title, date of birth, any college, and any previous Cambridge user identifier.