Acceptable Use Policy
System and Network Security
Violations of system or network security are strictly prohibited,
and may result in criminal and civil liability. RC investigates all
incidents involving such violations and will cooperate with law
enforcement if a criminal violation is suspected
Examples of system or network security violations include, without
limitation, the following:
- Introduction of malicious programs into the network or server
(example: viruses, worms, Trojan Horses and other executables
intended to inflict harm).
- Effecting security breaches or disruptions of Internet
communication and/or connectivity. Security breaches include, but
are not limited to, accessing data of which the Customer is not an
intended recipient or logging into a server or account that the
Customer is not expressly authorized to access. For purposes of this
section, "disruption" includes, but is not limited to port scans,
flood pings, email-bombing, packet spoofing, IP spoofing and forged
routing information.
- Executing any form of network activity that will intercept data not
intended for the Customer's account.
- Circumventing user authentication or security of any account.
- Denial of service attack or distributed denial of service attack.
- Use of an account to gain passwords, encryption codes, or other
security information of the provider or other sites on any computer
network
Violators of the policy are responsible, without limitations, for
the cost of labor to correct all damage done. No service credits
will be issued to Customers disconnected for network violations.
Unacceptable Content
All services provided by RC may be used for lawful purposes only.
Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information, data or
material in violation of any United States Federal, State or City
law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted
material, material we judge to be threatening, obscene or illegal
(child pornography, threatening messages, fraudulent activities) or
material protected by trade secret and other statute. The subscriber
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless RC and its employees from any
claims resulting from the use of the service which damages the
subscriber or any other party.
Also prohibited are sites that promote any illegal activity or
present content that may be damaging to our servers or any other
server on the Internet. Links to such materials are also prohibited.
RC will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of
this provision.
Pornography and sex-related merchandising is prohibited on all RC
servers. This includes sites that may infer sexual content, or link
to adult content elsewhere.
RC provides web hosting to many clients, and we have a
responsibility to protect each client and to provide the best
services available. When you abide by these guidelines, you help
ensure that our obligations to you and our other customers are met.
Sites with banners, graphics or CGIs running from their domain used
on other domains:
When you employ services such as Link Exchange or a CGI host who
lets 1000s of others link to their site, it is important that you
require any sites you exchange ads with to display your ad on their
server. Not only will not abiding to this guideline cause your site
to load slowly, you will be responsible for the data transfer used
in this process.
Company will not censor any content on the INTERNET. It will be the
client�s responsibility for the usage of his account and any
consequences of this usage.
IRC
Company does not allow any type of IRC services on our network.
Email
Spamming, or the sending of unsolicited e-mail including, without
limitation, commercial advertising and informational announcements,
from an RC server or using an e-mail address or domain that is
maintained on an RC machine as reference is STRICTLY prohibited. A
user shall not use another site's mail server to relay mail without
the express permission of the site.
Violations of this type will result in the immediate termination of
the offending account
Bulk Email
We also monitor "Bulk E-mail". While we offer mailing lists as part
of our reseller hosting accounts, any mailing over 2500 messages
must be pre-approved. In addition, any site sending over 5000
messages per month will be considered "Bulk". Bulk e-mail ties up
the mail queue and delays messages for other users. Therefore, we
must limit the amount of use on any shared server. There are some
arrangements that can be made to accommodate a user with a large
list which includes extra fees and special mail scheduling software.
System Resources
We may allow programs to run continually in the background. These
are considered on a case-by-case basis and an extra charge will be
incurred based on system resources used and operational maintenance
needed.
Company will require customer to take corrective measures (modify,
remove scripts) on sites using more than 20% of system resources.
Upon notice from company, customer shall promptly eliminate any
program, script or service obstruction.
Support
We will not tolerate any abusive behavior towards our staff or
systems. Abusive behavior may consist of: inappropriate language,
threats, support flooding, etc...
Company retains the right to change any or all of the above
Policies, Guidelines, and Disclaimer without notification.