Sympatico AUP

[James Knott]

Ansar Mohammed wrote:

> In addition to these Policies, while using your Sympatico account, you
> are prohibited from conducting activities that include, but are not
> limited to:
> 
>     * Sharing of your Sympatico user account UserID and password for any
>       purpose, including, without limitation, for concurrent dial up
>       login sessions from the same Sympatico user account.
>     * Causing an Internet host to become unable to effectively service
>       requests from other hosts.
>     * Running and/or hosting Server Applications including but not
>       limited to *HTTP, FTP, POP, SMTP, Proxy/SOCKS, NNTP*, )
>     * Analyzing or penetrating an Internet host's security mechanisms.
>     * Forging any part of the TCP/IP packet headers in any way.

> Does Rogers also have the same limitation?

With Rogers, you're not supposed to share with 3rd parties, however,
that concurrent dial up is curious.  If you have mulitple e-mail IDs on
your account, are the other family members supposed to take turns
dialing in?

Causing problems for an internet host, penetrating hosts (without
permission only) and forging IP headers should be enforced by all ISPs.
 I wonder why they specified TCP, instead of saying just IP.  Are you
allowed to do that with UDP?

As for servers, Rogers also bans them, but they appear to be making a
distinction between "servers" and remote access to your own network.
Also, I get the impression that while servers are prohibited, they only
react, if those servers are causing significant loads on the network.


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