Detecting DL'ed programs

College Life
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<p>Can universities detect downloaded programs on people’s computers when they are plugged into the University’s internet, or are they only able to detect them if you are in the PROCESS of downloading something while using the university’s internet?</p>

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<p>I work for our IT dept here and they’re really only “detectable” primarily if they’re being downloaded or transfered (or making connect) over the uni’s network…although we have methods for connecting to most students’ computers on campus (used for tech support and such) – which could be abused by the IT dept (in theory) to gain unauthorized access to your system and “detect” your programs.</p>

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<p>Don’t go to UF. They had the computer engineering dept design a program called ICARUS that prevent ANY form of P2P, torrent, etc. downloading on campus. You can get in serious trouble with UF if caught. </p>

<p><strong><em>This applies to the schools network (Ethernet and wireless)</em></strong></p>

<p><a href=“http://uf.freeculture.org/wiki/ICARUS[/url]”>http://uf.freeculture.org/wiki/ICARUS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>^What if you used a laptop and connected to the web at the learning center?</p>

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<p>i’m guessing we’re talking about porn right? and illegal music and stuff etc</p>