Wow, I am so pissed off right now. Apparently accessing your computer remotely (not via Remote Desktop, by normal network access means) to store files on it is considered "hosting files".

On a NORMAL network, you can access computer A's files from computer B by typing "\\" into the run box, provided you have the correct login information. I tried that same trick from my laptop in the hopes that I could access all the files on my tower from anywhere on campus; if I could, then I would basically keep all my important files on my tower and keep the amount of important information on my laptop to a minimum. Unfortunately, each time I tried it, I wasn't able to get through to my desktop, so I put off finding out why until today.

So I went into the Resnet office to ask the people responsible for the in-dorm network why I couldn't access my desktop tower from my laptop. I explained to them that I wanted to be able to access my personal files on my computer from anywhere on campus, citing a hypothetical instance in where I'm on the other side of campus and I don't have the time to go back to my dorm to access a file I would need. Of the two people in the office available to offer advice, one said that what I wanted to do was considered "hosting files" and that I'm not allowed to do that. I explained that you can only access the computer's files if you have that computer's login, meaning MY login since I'm the only user on my desktop computer. He basically repeated that I'm not allowed to do that since its the same thing as offering files for people to download. The second guy suggested I buy Symantec's PCAnywhere, but I politely said "F**k that s**t" (using acceptable euphemisms, of course) because I KNOW that what I want to do doesn't require anything BUT WINDOWS.

So now I have to go back in when their boss is in and try to talk to him, because they weren't 100% sure that what I wanted to do was indeed considered file-sharing under the EULA.

Way to go Resnet...way to be too god-damned anal about LAN TRAFFIC...I mean, I see why they limit WAN file-sharing on account of most of it being illegal and using up bandwidth, but LAN networks aren't limited by bandwidth restrictions and what I want to do can be easily adjusted to prevent files from being accessible by everyone on campus.