Re:Seems a bad choice. (Score 1)

My thoughts on this: The individual could be asked to sign an undertaking to ensure that his computer is free from any virus or program which impacts network performance, and instead, attach a detector to each connection. If there is excessive activity in one of them, (like say port 25 is in use all the time), it could mean that either the student is operating an e-mail server, or some malicious program is at work. Then the server would (reasonably) cut off the connection completely after sending a message to the affected computer. Firstly, the privacy of the individual's computer must be protected. One's disinterest in their personal files is no reason to establish administrative control over their computer. They might have something which they would not want you to see, even if it is incidentally.