This Acceptable Use Policy specifies certain actions prohibited by UST for users of the UST Network. UST reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time to stay in compliance with any laws, regulations and security requirements. By using UST services, any customer, employee or third party unconditionally accepts the terms of this policy.
ILLEGAL USE.
The UST Network may be used only for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation coming to or from any unauthorized network or system is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights used without proper authorization; government and military data protected by law and national security; university and academic data protected by public policy; and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws. Any violation of the above which compromises the integrity of the UST Network or any other network is strictly prohibited.
SYSTEM AND NETWORK SECURITY.
Violations of system or network security are
prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability. UST will investigate incidents
involving such violations and may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities
if a criminal violation is suspected. Examples of unlawful acts, system, or network
security violations include, without limitation, the following:
Unauthorized access to or use of data, systems or networks, including any attempt to probe, damage, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without express authorization of the owner of the system or network.
Unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on any network or system without express authorization of the owner of the system or network. Interference with service to any user, host or network including, without limitation, mailbombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks.
Unauthorized access to any data, system, or network from an unauthorized system or network for any purpose which is not lawful or which is intended to do harm.
Forging of any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in an email or a newsgroup posting. Electronic forging of any kind to include but not limited to IP addresses, domains, business names, etc.
EMAIL.
Sending unsolicited mail messages, including, without limitation, commercial advertising and informational announcements, is explicitly prohibited. A user shall not use another site's mail server to relay mail without the express permission of the site owner.
USENET.
Posting the same or similar message to one or
more newsgroups (excessive cross-posting or multiple-posting, also known as
"SPAM") is expressly prohibited.
INDIRECT OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY, AND ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD PARTY ON BEHALF OF AN UST CUSTOMER OR A CUSTOMER'S END USER, SHALL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY BY SUCH CUSTOMER OR END USER.
For Example:
If you are hosting a bulk email site on UST servers and you use another ISP to SPAM from in order to reference your UST site by IP address or domain name, you are violating UST policy and possibly the law.
If you have been granted telnet access to UST servers, multiple telnet log-ons are strictly prohibited and you must come from a valid IP address. Forgery is against the law.
Any type of denial of service attack from valid or invalid addresses is a violation of UST security policy and against the law.
If you have been granted password privileges for FTP or telnet, sharing your password with an unauthorized user or third party is strictly prohibited.
Complaints regarding illegal Use or System or Network Security issues should be sent to network@USTeam.net
Complaints regarding email abuse should be sent to abuse@USTeam.net
Complaints regarding USENET abuse or SPAM should be sent to abuse@USTeam.net
Complaints regarding or notice of copyright infringement should be mailed to Jan Christensen, Esq. at: Howrey & Simon 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004
UST will also not tolerate any adult material or spamming and both infringements shall result in immediate termination and removal of the site and/or virtual server without a refund. UST prides itself as a responsible member of the Internet community and is committed to protecting the data of and providing quality service to all UST customers all of the time.
INTERACTION WITH UST STAFF.
Any threat, vulgar language or harrasment directed at any UST staff member through phone or email may result in immediate termination of an account. Any violation of this policy by any employee, contractor or third party programmer of UST should be reported immediately.
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