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This Acceptable Use Policy governs the use of the Nikhef networking and computer services; all users of these services are expected to understand and comply to these rules.
 
This Acceptable Use Policy governs the use of the Nikhef networking and computer services; all users of these services are expected to understand and comply to these rules.
  
# <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead">Use for intended purpose</div><div class="NavContent">Nikhef offers the services to enable the users (employees, students and collaborators) to do their work. The services may not be used for commercial or political purposes. A limited amount of private use is allowed as long as it does not interfere with normal duties and does not incur significant cost. When in doubt about any form of personal use, ask first!<br>Of course, there are lots of actions that are most certainly not intended: sending spam, trolling on forums or newsgroups, forwarding chain letters or phishing attempts, cracking passwords, attacking other systems on the Internet, random calling or tele-marketing, stalking, etc.</div></div>
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<div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead">Use for intended purpose</div><div class="NavContent">Nikhef offers the services to enable the users (employees, students and collaborators) to do their work. The services may not be used for commercial or political purposes. A limited amount of private use is allowed as long as it does not interfere with normal duties and does not incur significant cost. When in doubt about any form of personal use, ask first!<br>Of course, there are lots of actions that are most certainly not intended: sending spam, trolling on forums or newsgroups, forwarding chain letters or phishing attempts, cracking passwords, attacking other systems on the Internet, random calling or tele-marketing, stalking, etc.</div></div>
 
# <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead">Obey the law</div><div class="NavContent">Seems logical, doesn't it? Just be sure to know and understand applicable law, regulations, and jurisprudence.</div></div>
 
# <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead">Obey the law</div><div class="NavContent">Seems logical, doesn't it? Just be sure to know and understand applicable law, regulations, and jurisprudence.</div></div>
 
# <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead">Respect the authorization restrictions set by Nikhef system administrators and users</div><div class="NavContent">Trying to circumvent effective or intended restrictions is not allowed (and unlawful as well). This includes, but is not limited to, accessing data not intended for the User, logging into a service or using an account you are not expressly authorized to access, probing the security of other networks, interfering with another users access to services, or trying to disrupt services or the network. You shall also refrain from trying to intercept or sniff network traffic that is not intended for you. If you find you have access to data or services you should not have access to, inform the Computer Security Incident Response Team through the help desk (helpdesk@nikhef.nl)</div></div>
 
# <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead">Respect the authorization restrictions set by Nikhef system administrators and users</div><div class="NavContent">Trying to circumvent effective or intended restrictions is not allowed (and unlawful as well). This includes, but is not limited to, accessing data not intended for the User, logging into a service or using an account you are not expressly authorized to access, probing the security of other networks, interfering with another users access to services, or trying to disrupt services or the network. You shall also refrain from trying to intercept or sniff network traffic that is not intended for you. If you find you have access to data or services you should not have access to, inform the Computer Security Incident Response Team through the help desk (helpdesk@nikhef.nl)</div></div>

Revision as of 10:02, 21 February 2012

Acceptable Use

This Acceptable Use Policy governs the use of the Nikhef networking and computer services; all users of these services are expected to understand and comply to these rules.

Legalese

Liability

In no event will Nikhef be liable to any user or third party for any direct, indirect, special or other consequential damages for actions taken pursuant to this AUP, including, but not limited to, any lost profits, business interruption, loss of programs or other data, or otherwise, even if Nikhef was advised of the possibility of such damages.

Complaints

Complaints regarding violations of this AUP, as well as concerns regarding objectionable material sent from or distributed via Nikhef, will be accepted via e-mail at abuse@nikhef.nl, so long as a valid return address is included. Nikhef must be able to independently verify each instance of abuse: for objectionable email each complaint must include the COMPLETE TEXT OF THE OBJECTIONAL MESSAGE, INCLUDING ALL HEADERS. Please do NOT send excerpted parts of a message; sending a copy of the entire message, including headers, helps to prevent misunderstandings based on incomplete information, or information used out of context. Full headers demonstrate which path the message has taken, and enable us to determine whether any part of the message has been forged. This information is vital to our investigation. If you consider material located on Nikhef resources (e.g. published via its web site) to infringe on your rights, provide the complete URL, the time you visited this URL, and complete and sufficient evidence as to why you consider such a publication to infringe on your rights under Dutch Law.

Responsibility

Nikhef is not responsible for the content of email communications sent by its users, not for information published on user personal home pages. This responsibility rests with the user. At its sole discretion, Nikhef reserves the right to remove materials from its servers and to terminate access to services for the user that Nikhef determines has violated this AUP.

Modifications

Nikhef retains the right to modify the AUP at any time. Such modifications shall become effective at the moment they are adopted by Nikhef and will apply to all users, current and future.