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Section 1. Violations and Descriptions of Appropriate Use General Violations. Our AUP prohibits the following: Impersonation/Forgery: Adding, removing, or modifying identifying network header information ("spoofing") in an effort to deceive or mislead is prohibited. Attempting to impersonate any person by using forged headers or other identifying information is prohibited. The use of anonymous remailers and nicknames does not constitute impersonation. Using deliberately misleading headers ("munging" headers) in news postings in order to avoid spam e-mail address collectors is allowed provided appropriate contact information is contained in the body of the posting. Privacy violations: Attempts, whether successful or unsuccessful, to gain access to any electronic systems, networks or data, without proper consent, are prohibited. Threats: Threats of bodily harm or destruction of property are prohibited. Harassment: Threatening or harassing activity is prohibited. Illegal Use: The use of Port Networks service for illegal purposes is prohibited. Reselling: The resale of Port Networks service without proper authorization from Port Networks Enterprises, Inc. is prohibited. Network Disruptions and Network unfriendly activity: Any activities which adversely affect the ability of other people or systems to use Port Networks services or the Internet are prohibited. This includes "denial of service" (DoS) attacks against another network host or individual user. Interference with or disruption of other network users, network services or network equipment is prohibited. It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that their network is configured in a secure manner. A customer may not, through action or inaction, allow others to use their network for illegal or inappropriate actions. A customer may not permit their network, through action or inaction, to be configured in such a way that gives a third party the capability to use their network in an illegal or inappropriate manner. Sending unsolicited commercial e-mail is prohibited. Using a Port Networks e-mail or website address to collect responses from unsolicited commercial e-mail is prohibited. Sending large volumes of unsolicited e-mail, whether or not that e-mail is commercial in nature, is prohibited. Activities that have the effect of facilitating unsolicited commercial e-mail, or large volumes of unsolicited e-mail whether or not that e-mail is commercial in nature, are prohibited. News Port Networks customers should use their best judgment when posting to any newsgroup. Many groups have charters, published guidelines, FAQs, or "community standards" describing what is and is not considered appropriate. Usenet can be a valuable resource if used properly. The continued posting of off-topic articles is prohibited. Commercial advertisements are off-topic in most newsgroups, especially regional groups not specifically named for such. The presence of such articles in a group is not indicative of the group's "intended" use. Please familiarize yourself with basic USENET netiquette before posting to a newsgroup. Newsgroup spamming: Spam is, first and foremost, a numerical metric--posting substantively similar articles individually to multiple newsgroups is spamming by definition. This form of spam is sometimes referred to as "excessive multi-posting" (EMP). Port Networks considers "multi-posting" to 10 or more groups within a two week sliding window to be excessive. Port Networks servers currently limit the number of allowable "cross-posts" to 9. Hostile attacks or invectives (flames) aimed at a group or an individual poster, are generally considered inappropriate in Port Networks service groups. Flames in the non-service groups are discouraged. Many news readers offer filtering capabilities that will bring certain messages to your attention or skip over them all together (kill files). Port Networks customers may not cancel messages other than their own messages. A customer may cancel posts forged in that customer's name. Port Networks may cancel any postings which violate this AUP. Web Using a Port Networks website address or Port Networks hosted web account to collect responses from unsolicited commercial e-mail is also prohibited. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) The use of IRC bots is prohibited. The violation of any accepted policies on IRC servers is prohibited. Excessive bandwidth or disk utilization Port Networks account descriptions specify any limits on bandwidth and disk utilization. The use of bandwidth or disk space in excess of those limits is not permitted. Bandwidth utilization is determined by the total number of bytes transferred from an account's Web space. Disk utilization is determined by the total number of bytes required to store an account's Web and Mail data. If Port Networks determines that excessive bandwidth or disk space utilization is adversely affecting Port Networks's ability to provide service, Port Networks may take immediate action. Port Networks will attempt to notify the account owner by e-mail as soon as practicable. Port Filtering To protect against any use of our services that would degrade the overall performance of our network, Port Networks actively filters ports that may support unapproved server activity. This filtering blocks only inbound traffic; you may still make use of these ports on other machines, but you won't be able to use these ports on your machine to host services. In order to remove these filters, you must purchase a Server Support Upgrade from Port Networks by calling our Customer Service department at (410) 637-3707. The ports we currently filter are: • Port 13 Time Server Section 2. Reporting to Port Networks's TOS/Abuse department Port Networks requests that anyone who believes that there is a violation of this AUP should direct the information to the company at abuse@portnetworks.com. Copyright owners who believe that our network contains material that infringes their intellectual property rights may contact us via abuse@portnetworks.com or by writing to Abuse Department, Port Networks, 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2424, Baltimore, MD 21202. Port Networks customers who wish to report "spam" they have received from a non-Port Networks source should send copies of the email they received along with full header information to the same address. These messages may not receive a response, but Port Networks may use the information received at this address to aid in the development of Port Networks' filter lists. Port Networks may take any one or more of the following actions in response to compaints: · issue warnings: written or verbal What information should be submitted? · The IP address used to commit the alleged violation Section 3. Possibility of Termination In accordance with the DMCA, it is Port Networks policy to terminate service to any customer or user who has been found on more then one occasion to infringe intellectual property rights or other third party copyright, or whom Port Networks, in its sole discretion, believes is infringing these rights. Port Networks may terminate service at any time with or without notice. |
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