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ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY Goals
Inter.net's goals are to protect network resources, preserve the
privacy and security of Inter.net and our customers' networks and
maximize the utility of Inter.net and the Internet, while recognizing
Inter.net's position in the Internet community as a whole.
Interpretation
The provisions of this Policy are intended as guidelines and are not
meant to be exhaustive.
Generally, conduct that violates law,
regulation, or the accepted norms of the Internet community, whether or
not expressly mentioned in this Policy, is prohibited. Inter.net
reserves the right at all times to prohibit activities that damage its
commercial reputation and goodwill.
Security
Any "denial of service" attacks, any attempt to breach authentication
or security measures, or any unauthorized attempt to gain access to any
other account, host or network is prohibited, and will result in
immediate service termination, which may be without notice.
Email and Newsgroups
Using any Inter.net account or server to send duplicative, unsolicited
email messages (commercial or otherwise), or to collect the responses
from unsolicited email, is prohibited.
Similarly, using any Inter.net account or
server to post advertisements or messages that violate the charter of
any newsgroup or mailing list is prohibited.
Inter.net reserves the right to make the
determination whether a given message violates the newsgroup or mailing
list charter. In most cases Inter.net will defer to the judgment of the
newsgroup or mailing list moderator or administrator.
Commercial messages that are appropriate
under the charter of a newsgroup or mailing list, or that are expressly
solicited by the recipients, are permitted.
Conduct in connection with email or Usenet
news that is an obvious nuisance (such as "mail bombing") or that would
be unlawful in other contexts (for example, threats, harassment,
defamation, obscenity, or software piracy) is prohibited.
IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
Using programs that interfere with others' use or running an IRC robot
on any IRC server is prohibited. When logged into any IRC server, users
are expected to comply with the rules and policies established by the
server's administrator.
Forgery of Identity
Falsifying addressing information or otherwise modifying headers to
conceal the sender's or recipient's identity for the purpose of
circumventing this Policy is prohibited. This provision is not intended
to disallow the use of aliases or anonymous remailers for any
legitimate purpose.
Copyright, Privacy, and
Intellectual Property
Using an Inter.net connection to commit, aid or abet any violation of
copyright or intellectual property law is prohibited.
This prohibition includes publishing a
private email message to third parties, by any means, without the
express prior consent of the author.
The email addresses of Inter.net subscribers
are not for sale or commercial distribution to third parties without
the express prior consent of the subscriber.
Broadcast Echo Requests (Smurf
Attacks)
Inter.net is committed to implementing the configuration required to
ensure that Inter.net infrastructure cannot be used as the host of
smurf attacks.
There are two types of network numbers in
the smurf list that reflect a connection with Inter.net: Customer
network numbers for which we do not have control and backbone
addresses.
Inter.net Customer Support is working with
all customers on Inter.net to ensure that their networks cannot be used
as amplifiers for Broadcast Echo Requests.
Cooperation with Other Providers
Using Inter.net's facilities to engage in activities that violate the
Terms of Service of any other network access provider is prohibited.
For example, sending unsolicited commercial email through Inter.net's
facilities to the subscribers of any Internet or online service
provider that disallows unsolicited commercial email is prohibited.
Consequences of Violation
Violation of this Policy by a Inter.net customer may result in
temporary suspension or permanent termination of service at Inter.net's
sole discretion.
Inter.net does not issue service credits for
any outages incurred through service disablement resulting from Policy
violations.
Modification
Inter.net reserves the right to add, delete or modify any provision of
this Policy at any time without notice.
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