&gt;it was their network and they could put any restrictions on it<p>Would you say the same of Comcast? When it is the only ISP serving the apartment you just signed a lease on?<p>Because that is basically the position of an undergrad in university housing with respect to &quot;their network.&quot; You could say they had a choice not to go to that school, but for a state school system?<p>On a network engineering level, something is deeply wrong if you can&#x27;t separate internet access from access to sensitive resources. Or if you are treating a subnet which includes tens of thousands of students as &quot;trusted.&quot;