1.1 General Requirements
1.1.1 You are responsible for exercising good judgment regarding appropriate use of Slicebox.Net resources in accordance with Slicebox.Net policies, standards, and guidelines. Slicebox.Net resources may not be used for any unlawful or prohibited purpose.
1.1.2 For security, compliance, and maintenance purposes, authorized personnel may monitor and audit equipment, systems, and network traffic per the Audit Policy. Devices that interfere with other devices or users on the Slicebox.Net network may be disconnected. Information Security prohibits actively blocking authorized audit scans. Firewalls and other blocking technologies must permit access to the scan sources.
1.2 Network Use
You are responsible for the security and appropriate use of Slicebox.Net network resources under your control. Using Slicebox.Net resources for the following is strictly prohibited:
1.2.1 IRC Network, Torrents, Bulk Email / Unsolicited Email, Shell hosting
1.2.2 Causing a security breach to either Slicebox.Net or other network resources, including, but not limited to, accessing data, servers, or accounts to which you are not authorized; circumventing user authentication on any device; or sniffing network traffic.
1.2.3 Causing a disruption of service to either Slicebox.Net or other network resources, including, but not limited to, ICMP floods, packet spoofing, denial of service, heap or buffer overflows, and forged routing information for malicious purposes.
1.2.4 Introducing honeypots, honeynets, or similar technology on the Slicebox.Net network.
1.2.5 Violating copyright law, including, but not limited to, illegally duplicating or transmitting copyrighted pictures, music, video, and software.
1.2.6 Exporting or importing software, technical information, encryption software, or technology in violation of international or regional export control laws.
1.2.7 Intentionally introducing malicious code, including, but not limited to, viruses, worms, Trojan horses, e-mail bombs, spyware, adware, and keyloggers.
1.2.8 Port scanning or security scanning on a production network unless authorized in advance by Information Security.
1.3 Electronic Communications
The following are strictly prohibited:
1.3.1 Inappropriate use of communication vehicles and equipment, including, but not limited to, supporting illegal activities, and procuring or transmitting material that violates Slicebox.Net policies against harassment or the safeguarding of confidential or proprietary information.
1.3.2 Sending Spam via e-mail, text messages, pages, instant messages, voice mail, or other forms of electronic communication.
1.3.3 Forging, misrepresenting, obscuring, suppressing, or replacing a user identity on any electronic communication to mislead the recipient about the sender.
1.3.4 Posting the same or similar non-business-related messages to large numbers of Usenet newsgroups (newsgroup spam).