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Acceptable Usage Policy
  This Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP) summarizes the terms of tolerable and prohibited uses of the HOST ADMINISTRATOR Network by HOST ADMINSTRATOR patrons. HOST ADMINISTRATOR strictly adheres to all legal and common ethical standards, therefore, inappropriate actions and misuse of this site are forbidden. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, effective upon posting of the modified policy to this URL:

http://www.hostadministrator.com/services.php?page=aup  

Illegal use: The HOST ADMINISTRATOR Network is closely monitored to ensure against illegal use. Within this site, it is prohibited to supply, retain, or share any material which is in direct violation of any relevant local, state, and federal legislation. The following will not be tolerated on the HOST ADMINISTRATOR Network:  
  • Any violation of confidentiality rights, export control laws, or copyrighted and trademarked material, which would result from not obtaining explicit authorized use.
  • Any obscene, slanderous, threatening, or illegal material.
  • Any abusive actions such as harassment, knowingly or negligently distributing a virus, forging contact information, and any other behavior that infringes the rights of others within the Internet community.
  These transgressions are set out as general guidelines of non-tolerable use by the HOST ADMINISTRATOR Network but violating offenses are not limited to the examples above.  

System and network security: HOST ADMINISTRATOR takes all reported violations of system and network security seriously; therefore, all incidents will be investigated and detailed to authorities if illegal activity is suspected. It is HOST ADMINISTRATOR’s policy to cooperate with and assist law enforcement officials, when violations of security may result in criminal or civil charges. Listed below are examples of security and network breaches, which include, without limitation:  
  • Falsifying TCP-IP packet headers or identifying information in postings and emails, or any other behavior that suggests the intent of bypassing access limitations and restrictions within an otherwise prohibited site.
  • Accessing unauthorized data or files, with the inclusion of any attempt to test the systems limits and security, without permission from the network’s owner.
  • Unauthorized surveillance of network or system data traffic, including any interference with service to any user, host, or network in the forms including, but not limited to, flooding, mail bombing, and other deliberate attemts to overload a system with strategic attacks.
  All users of HOST ADMINISTRATOR Networks are responsible for making the proper arrangements to protect and secure their systems. HOST ADMINISTRATOR will not be held responsible for system exploitations resulting through neglect on any user’s behalf. All systems within HOST ADMINISTRATOR Networks should be configured with anti-virus software to decrease potential risks.  

E-Mail: All patrons of HOST ADMINISTRATOR Networks are subject to our stipulations and guidelines regarding distribution and use of e-mail. In order to avoid negligently violating these guidelines, carefully consider the following prohibited offenses, before e-mailing:  
  • Are you utilizing third parties in order to send out commercial emails on any user’s behalf?
  • Have you designed an e-mail server so that it can accept third party forwarded e-mails?
  • Are you attempting to use another site’s mail server to relay mail without authorized use and permission?
  • Are you attempting to distribute unsolicited mass or commercial e-mails?
  • Have you subscribed any e-mail address to mailing lists without explicit permission of the address’s rightful owner?
  Transferring unsolicited mail messages and breaching another user’s e-mail account will not be tolerated within the HOST ADMINISTRATOR Network.  

Newsgroups: All posts within Usenet are subject to HOST ADMINISTRATOR guidelines. All users are encouraged to familiarize themselves completely with a newsgroup before posting, as to ensure their posts are complying with all established rules of the newsgroup. If a user decides to post within a newsgroup, they are subject to the following limitations:  

·         There will be no allowance for repeat postings of the same message, or one of similar content, to individual or multiple newsgroups. This includes, but is not limited to, any posting made for commercial intent, ie. informational advertisements, with or without a specific URL, except where such postings are stated as permissible.

·         Excessive cross-postings and multiple-postings, also referred to as SPAM, that are used to disrupt newsgroups, will be considered in direct violation of HOST ADMINISTRATOR regulations.

·         Only authorized users can create, cancel, or remove newsgroups as permitted.   HOST ADMINISTRATOR reserves the right to moderate and determine the legitimacy of all newsgroups and subsequent posts.  

ALL DIRECT AND ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THIS POLICY BY A HOST ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES USERS OR THIRD PARTIES ON BEHALF OF USER, WHETHER DUE TO INTENT OR NEGLIGENCE, MAY RESULT IN IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OR TEMINATION OF THE CUSTOMER’S USAGE RIGHTS. IN ADDITION, THE CUSTOMER WILL BE HELD FINANCIALLY LIABLE FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT. A CUSTOMER’S RIGHTS TO THE USE OF THIS NETWORK AND ITS SERVICES ARE SUBJECT TO ALL THE EXPRESSLY WRITTEN AND IMPLIED TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS DOCUMENT. ALL NETWORK PROPERTY AND RIGHTS IN REGARDS TO THE SYSTEM ARE UNDER THE EXCLUSIVE OWNERSHIP OF HOST ADMINISTRATOR NETWORKS. THESE PROPERTIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: PROTOCOLS, IP ADDRESSES, CONFIGUREATIONS AND ROUTING DATA RELATED TO SERVICES THAT ARE UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF HOST ADMINISTRATOR NETWORKS

*Using all or part of Host Administrators copyrighted material is against the law. To avoid any legal issues with Host Administrator you must not copy materials from Host Administrator.

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