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Anonymous FTP Account Policy
This account provides a writable directory, "incoming", for the use
of our guests. Please note that we, the system management, will not
tolerate the use of this directory to facilitate the commission of
any crime. We wish to assume neither the burden of arbiter of good
taste nor the role of censor, but users should be aware that certain
uses of the account, such as storage or exchange of images that
depict children engaged in sexual conduct, can be interpreted as
criminal and subject to prosecution. If it is brought to our
attention that a file is related to possible criminal activity, we
will inform the appropriate law enforcement agencies.
Furthermore, we ask that guests using this account over the NSFNET
restrict such use according to the following:
Interim NSFNET Acceptable Use Policy
The purpose of NSFNET is to support research and education in and
among academic institutions in the U.S. by providing access to unique
resources and the opportunity for collaborative work.
This statement represents a guide to the acceptable use of the NSFNET
backbone. It is only intended to address the issue of use of the
backbone. It is expected that the various middle level networks will
formulate their own use policies for traffic that will not traverse
the backbone.
(1) All use must be consistent with the purposes of NSFNET.
(2) The intent of the use policy is to make clear certain cases which
are consistent with the purposes of NSFNET, not to exhaustively
enumerate all such possible uses.
(3) The NSF NSFNET Project Office may at any time make determinations
that particular uses are or are not consistent with the purposes of
NSFNET. Such determinations will be reported to the NSFNET Policy
Advisory Committee and to the user community.
(4) If a use is consistent with the purposes of NSFNET, then
activities in direct support of that use will be considered consistent
with the purposes of NSFNET. For example, administrative
communications for the support infrastructure needed for research and
instruction are acceptable.
(5) Use in support of research or instruction at not- for-profit
institutions of research or instruction in the United States is
acceptable.
(6) Use for a project which is part of or supports a research or
instruction activity for a not-for-profit institution of research or
instruction in the United States is acceptable, even if any or all
parties to the use are located or employed elsewhere. For example,
communications directly between industrial affiliates engaged in
support of a project for such an institution is acceptable.
(7) Use for commercial activities by for-profit institutions is
generally not acceptable unless it can be justified under (4) above.
These should be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the NSF Project
Office.
(8) Use for research or instruction at for-profit institutions may or
may not be consistent with the purposes of NSFNET, and will be
reviewed by the NSF Project Office on a case-by-case basis.