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They could result in immediate disconnection of your Internet connection without notice, and/or other sanctions as deemed appropriate by Residence Life staff. \u2022 Uploading, downloading, or sharing of any copyrighted materials including, but not limited to, movies, music, games, and software. \u2022 Setting up of any server including, but not limited to, DHCP, SQL, FTP, WSeb, File and IIS. \u2022 Scanning the network for any reason. \u2022 Malicious hacking in any form. \u2022 Sharing of any material deemed inappropriate or offensive. \u2022 Tampering with or removing wireless access points in residence, or any other network hardware in residence. \u2022 Any activity that degrades the performance, or impacts the security, of the network. \u2022 Broadcasting a wireless network of any sort, including access point wireless printers. \u2022 Spoofing, or imitating, any official University of Waterloo networks such as eduroam or uw-wifi-setup-no-encryption. 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