The NAS Acceptable Use Policy is intended to help protect NAS, our customers, and the Internet community from abusive or illegal activities. This policy will enhance security, privacy, and reliability of NAS systems and networks and the systems and networks of others as well as encourage responsible use of Internet resources.

NAS considers the following actions as abusive and are strictly prohibited. If you have questions about the NAS Acceptable Use Policy or are unsure whether any contemplated use or action is permitted, please send email to abuse@nas.com.

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 NAS, or connected via the NAS network.

We may periodically revise the NAS Acceptable Use Policy. Please refer to http://home.nas.com/policy/aup.html for the current version.

• General
  • You may only use NAS services for lawful purposes. Transmission or storage of material in violation of any applicable regulation or law is prohibited. Examples of unlawful material include but are not limited to: direct threats of physical harm, child pornography, and copyrighted, trademarked and other proprietary material used without proper authorization.
  • You are responsible for the activities of anyone that uses your account or connection. If you are a reseller, you are responsible for the activities of your customers.
  • NAS shell accounts operate on shared resources. You are prohibited from excessive consumption of resources, including CPU time, memory, disk space, and session time. The use of resource-intensive programs which negatively impact other system users or the performance of NAS systems or networks is prohibited, and NAS may take action to limit or terminate such programs.
  • You may not use system resources to build a list of NAS subscribers.
  • You must comply with the acceptable use policies of other networks you access through NAS services.
• Passwords
  • The security of your password is your responsibility. Good passwords should be at least six characters long and should contain at least one number or punctuation. Your password should not be based on a single dictionary word or common name.
  • If your password has been stolen or compromised, contact NAS as soon as possible and we will assign a new password.
  • You may not share passwords or accounts with others.
• System and Network Security
  • You may not attempt to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account ("cracking"). This includes, but is not limited to: accessing any account or computer resource that does not belong to you, logging into a server or account you are not expressly authorized to access, or probing the security of other networks (such as running a SATAN scan or similar tool).
  • You 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, and attempts to "crash" a host.
• Email
  • Harassment, whether through language, frequency, or size of messages, is prohibited.
  • You may not send email to any person who does not wish to receive it. If a recipient asks to stop receiving email, you must not send that person any further email.
  • You are explicitly prohibited from sending unsolicited commercial mail messages ("junk mail" or "spam"). This includes, but is not limited to: commercial advertising, informational announcements, and political tracts. Such material may only be sent to those who have explicitly requested it.
  • You may not forward or otherwise propagate chain letters, whether or not the recipient wishes to receive such mailings.
  • Malicious email, including but not limited to "mailbombing" (flooding a user or site with very large or numerous pieces of email), is prohibited.
  • Forging of header information is not permitted.
  • NAS 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 other types of Internet-based distribution mediums as well, such as RLG's Ariel system (a system for sending FAX-like documents over the Internet). USENET postings have their own regulations; see below.
• USENET
  • Postings to USENET 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.
  • You may not post the same or similar message to large numbers of newsgroups (excessive cross-posting or multiple-posting, also known as "USENET spam").
  • You may not post chain letters of any type.
  • You are prohibited from posting binary files to newsgroups not specifically named for that purpose.
  • You may not cancel or supersede posts other than your own, with the exception of official newsgroup moderators performing their duties.
  • You are prohibited from forging header information. This includes attempting to circumvent the approval process for posting to a moderated newsgroup.
  • You may not solicit mail for any other address other than that of the customer's NAS account or service, with the intent to harass or collect replies after NAS service has been terminated.
• IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
  • IRC robots ("bots" or "clones") may not be run from NAS shell accounts, or on the NAS IRC server.
  • You may not attempt to impersonate others or use IRC anonymously by disguising their hostname or username.
  • You are prohibited from using IRC scripts or programs that interfere with or deny service to other users on any server or host. You are also prohibited from engaging in activities which harass other users. This includes, but is not limited to: "flooding" (rapidly entering text with the intent to fill the screens of others), "flashing" (disrupting terminal emulation), "takeovers" (forcibly seizing operator privileges), attempting to send private messages to those who do not wish to see them (via "ignore"), attempting to return to a channel after being banned from it, and other disruptive behaviors.

Questions about this policy or reports of activity in violation of this policy should be sent via e-mail to abuse@nas.com

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