The IST network’s purpose is to serve the entire Técnico academic community for teaching, research and cultural purposes. It is part of the Science, Technology and Society Network (RCTS), administered by the Foundation for National Scientific Computing (FCCN).
Therefore, the conditions for using the IST network are formally defined in the following documents:
- Rules for acceptable use of the IST network – Internal document of IST defining the general rules for use of the IST internal network (approved by the plenary session of the CD on 2001/03/13).
- Acceptable Use Policy of RCTS – Document defining the Terms and Conditions of use of RCTS.
- Rules for using the contents of the Online Knowledge Library (B-On) – Rules for accessing the contents of the Online Knowledge Library.
To which is added a set of technical standards that define the technical and administrative procedures for managing the network: