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Any user who violates the terms of this policy is subject to discipline up to and including termination of employment, termination of services, and any applicable criminal and/or civil penalties. : Definitions Malicious. Code: A class of computer code that includes computer viruses, “Ttojan Horses”, and “worms”. Depending on the type malicious code, the code may be designed to reproduce or replicate itself without the knowledge of the user and without any authorization. Malicious code performs unexpected and unauthorized actions on a system and frequently causes harm to the system or network. Unauthorized Code: Any code that is executed on a system without the authorization and approval of the Village. Frequently, unauthorized code is developed in the form of a “logic bomb” that is intended to execute at a specific time or date or to be triggered by a certain event. Logic bombs usually perform a harmful action like. changing or deleting files. Email Bomb: Sending of massive amounts of email usually causing use of network or server resources and excessive disk space. Email bombs may result in loss of email or other network services for all users. Network Scanning: A procedure for scanning networks in order to identify systems and available services Network Sniffing: A procedure for capturing or reading data as it is. transmitted across a network. Ping: A network utility frequently used to detect if a system is responsive or running. Excessive pinging can cause service loss or degradation. Packet Spoofing: Falsifying the origin of data transmitted over a network. Denial of Service: Any activity that causes a system or network to be unavailable. Password Cracking: Guessing of accounts and passwords. Frequently, computer code is used to generate guesses or perform guesses by checking for possible passwords.in a dictionary. Network Probing: Any form of scanning, pinning, or generating of network packets for the purpose of identifying and locating available systems and resources. Peer-to-Peer Network: A communications model in which participating network members can initiate a connection with another network member either directly or via a participating server. Peer-to-peer networks are frequently used to exchange files over the Internet.