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Use of Active Communications Services means acceptance of the following
user policy.
The
activecom.net Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP) has the following goals:
- Ensure security, reliability and privacy of activecom.net's systems and
network, and the networks and systems of others.
- Preserve the privacy and security of both our client organizations and their
individual users.
- Encourage the responsible use of net resources, discouraging practices which
degrade the usability of network resources and thus the value of Internet
services.
- Maintain the image and reputation of activecom.net as a responsible provider.
- Preserve the value of Internet resources as a conduit for open and free
expression.
- Avoid situations that may cause activecom.net to incur civil liability.
- We hope not to impose suspension or cancellation of any accounts but we
feel everyone should be committed to making the Internet as friendly and fair
as possible.
- Thank you for your cooperation and happy surfing!
This statement represents guidelines for
the acceptable use of the activecom.net Services for data communications.
It is intended to be applicable only to the use of activecom.net's networks.
In such instances where data communications
leave activecom.net's network and are carried by other networks or the
Internet, the acceptable use policies of other networks are applicable,
and must be respected.
Applicability
The Acceptable Use Policy defines the actions which activecom.net considers
to be abusive, and thus, strictly prohibited. The examples named in this
list are non-exclusive, and are provided solely for guidance to activecom.net
customers. If you are unsure whether any contemplated use or action is
permitted, please send mail to abuse@activecom.net
and we will assist you.
Please note that the actions listed below are also not permitted from
other Internet Service Providers on behalf of, or to advertise, any service
hosted by activecom.net, or connected via the activecom.net network.
Furthermore, such services may not be advertised via deceptive marketing
policies, as defined by the Federal Trade Commission Deception Policy
Statement.
Tenets of Appropriate Usage
- To respect the privacy of the users of activecom.net services, and
all networks accessible via activecom.net services.
- To respect the legal protection provided by copyright, license, and
other applicable legal devices to programs, communications, and data.
- To respect the integrity of computing systems, and to not use activecom.net
Services to compromise same.
- To respect common usage of Network News and E-mail services.
Specifically Acceptable Uses
- Usage for private, personal, or business communications which do not
infringe upon the rights of any other individual.
- Usage for public communications as suggested by the charters of USENET
newsgroups, and the well known guidelines generally accepted by the
users and news administrators of same.
- Usage for data communications in accordance with applicable laws.
Violation of Policy
activecom.net will review alleged violations of Acceptable Usage Policy
on a case by-case basis. Violations of policy may result in immediate
termination of activecom.net services.
Usage of activecom.net's network constitutes an agreement
to abide by these guidelines.
activecom.net will apply the following charges to unsolicited commercial
e-mail, or misposted Network News articles (spamming).
| Violation |
Charge per Instance |
| Unsolicited Commercial E-mail: |
$500 - $2000 |
| Misposted Network News Articles: |
$500 - $1000 |
| Malformed Mail Headers: |
$200 - $500 |
General Conduct
- Customers are prohibited from transmitting on or through any of activecom.net's
services, any material that is, in activecom.net's sole discretion,
unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, or encourages conduct that
would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or
otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law.
(activecom.net does not intend to monitor the information transfers
for obscene or otherwise objectionable behavior, however the clients
of activecom.net must behave in accordance with US laws.)
- activecom.net services may only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission,
distribution, or storage of any information, data or material in violation
of United States or state regulation or law, or by the common law, is
prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, material protected
by copyright, trademark, trade secret, or any other statute. activecom.net
reserves the right to remove such illegal material from its servers.
- The customer is responsible for keeping his billing data with activecom.net
up-to-date and accurate. Furnishing false data on the sign-up form, contract,
or online application, including fraudulent use of credit card numbers,
is grounds for immediate termination, and may subject the offender to
civil or criminal liability.
- The resale of activecom.net products and services is not permitted,
unless specifically permitted and documented in a written agreement.
System and Network Security
- Customers may not attempt to circumvent user authentication or security
of any host, network, or account (cracking). This includes,
but is not limited to:
- accessing data not intended for the Customer
- logging into a server or account the Customer is not expressly
authorized to use
- probing the security of other networks
- Customers may not attempt to interfere with service to any user, host,
or network (denial of service attacks). This includes, but
is not limited to:
- flooding of networks
- deliberate attempts to overload a service
- attempts to "crash" a host
- Password security is the responsibility of the individual and organization
in control of that account. Good passwords should be a minimum of six
characters long, contain at least one number or symbol, and are not
based on any dictionary word or common name.
- Under no circumstances should customers share passwords with people
not directly responsible for managing the service for which a password
has been supplied.
- Customers may not use any kind of program, script, command, or send
messages of any kind, designed to interfere with a user's service via
any means, within activecom.net Services, or by the Internet.
- activecom.net Services often depend on shared resources, including,
but not limited to, CPU time, memory, disk space, and network bandwidth.
The use of resource-intensive programs which negatively impact other
system users or the performance of activecom.net systems or networks
is prohibited. The use of these programs will be deemed to be a denial-of-service
attack, and activecom.net staff may take action to limit or terminate
such programs, in addition to any necessary legal action.
- Customers are prohibited from engaging in activities which harass
other users. This includes, but is not limited to:
| Term
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Definition
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| spam |
attempting
to send private messages to those who do not wish to see them |
| takeovers |
forcibly
seizing operator privileges |
| flooding |
rapidly
entering text with the intent to fill the screens of others |
| flashing |
disrupting
terminal emulation |
| more..
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any
other abusive or disruptive behavior. |
- Users who violate systems or network security may incur criminal or
civil liability. activecom.net will cooperate fully with investigations
of violations of systems or network security at other sites, including
cooperating with law enforcement authorities in the investigation of
suspected criminal violations.
Electronic Mail
All statements concerning e-mail also apply to Network
News.
- Harassment, whether through language, frequency, or size of messages,
is prohibited.
- Customers may not send e-mail to any person who does not wish to receive
it. If a recipient asks to stop receiving e-mail, the customer must
not send that person any further e-mail.
- Customers are explicitly prohibited from sending unsolicited bulk
mail messages (junk mail or spam). This includes,
but is not limited to, bulk-mailing of commercial advertising, informational
announcements, and political tracts. Such material may only be sent
to those who have explicitly requested it.
- Customers may not forward or otherwise propagate chain letters, whether
or not the recipient wishes to receive such mailings.
- Malicious e-mail, including but not limited to "mailbombing"
(flooding a user or site with very large or numerous pieces of e-mail),
is prohibited.
- Forging of e-mail header (envelope) information is prohibited.
- Activecom.net accounts or services may not be used to collect replies
to messages sent from another Internet Service Provider, where those
messages violate this Acceptable Use Policy or the Acceptable Use Policy
of that other provider.
- These rules apply to any other types of Internet-based distribution
medium where messages from be exchanged between users.
Network News
All of the considerations which apply to E-mail apply
also to Network News, in addition to the following:
- activecom.net provides an uncensored newsfeed. As such, activecom.net
does not control the content of the public newsgroups available
to its customers. activecom.net is not responsible for the content of
any Network News posting, whether or not the posting was made by a activecom.net
customer.
- Postings to Network News newsgroups must comply with the written charters
or FAQs for those newsgroups. Advertisements should only be posted in
those newsgroups whose charters/FAQs explicitly permit them. The poster
is responsible for determining the etiquette of a given newsgroup, prior
to posting to it.
- Customers are prohibited from posting the same or similar message
to large numbers of newsgroups (excessive cross-posting or multiple-posting,
also known as spam).
- Customers are prohibited from posting binary files to newsgroups not
specifically named for that purpose.
- Customers are prohibited from canceling or superseding posts other
than their own, with the exception of official newsgroup moderators
performing their duties.
- Customers are prohibited from forging header information. This includes
attempting to circumvent the approval process for posting to a moderated
newsgroup.
Questions about this policy should be sent via e-mail to support@activecom.net.
Reports of activity in violation of this policy may be sent in e-mail
to security@activecom.net.
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