********************************************************************* ONet Association Acceptable Use Policy DRAFT October 23, 1990 Introduction The ONet network exists to facilitate the exchange of information in support of education, research, development, and technology transfer. The network and its connections to other networks are to be used only in manners that are consistent with these purposes within the spirit of this acceptable use policy. Each member is responsible for taking appropriate action to communicate this policy within its organization and to rectify the behaviour of its users who disregard this policy. Organizations within Ontario which wish to make use of the ONet network should become members of the ONet Association. A member which provides connectivity between itself and other Ontario-based organizations that are not members of the ONet Association, must guarantee that no traffic will be generated onto or accepted over ONet resources to or from that non-member organization. Authentication An ONet member must ensure that it can trace any use of the ONet network from within its organization to the individual who initiated that use. Identification of the individual might be achieved through a mechanism such as unique userids or passwords, or through the ownership of the node in question. Examples of non-authenticating nodes include nodes with public-use userids or multiple-user userids. Traffic originating from any and all such non-authenticating nodes within the member's network must not be transmitted from the member's network into or through the ONet network. Acceptable Uses of the ONet Network The intent of this acceptable use policy is to clarify by example the guidelines that apply to determining whether a given use is acceptable or not. These guidelines are not intended to be exhaustive. The final authority for determining whether or not a use is acceptable is the ONet Management Committee. Members are responsible for raising any questionable use with the committee. Until any use referred in this manner is determined to be acceptable, it should be considered as unacceptable. Uses that fall under one of the following descriptions are, in general, acceptable: 1. Uses consistent with the purposes of ONet; 2. Uses related to instruction, research, development and technology transfer at not-for-profit organizations; 3. Uses by for-profit organizations in support of development and technology transfer projects. 4. Uses related to the administrative and other support of activities considered consistent with the purposes of ONet; 5. Uses relating to billable services, such as the sale of machine time, provided that the use of the service in question is itself related to activities consistent with the purposes of the ONet network. 6. Uses relating to the investigation and support of vendors' products, such as the distribution of information or technical support material on request or the discussion of products' relative advantages and disadvantages. Uses that fall under one of the following descriptions are, in general, not acceptable: 1. Uses that interfere with the work of other users of the network or with their host systems, or that seriously disrupt the network, or that result in the loss of a user's work or system; 2. Uses related to commercial activities such as the unsolicited distribution of advertising material; 3. Uses that might be considered malicious or unethical; 4. Uses that violate federal or provincial laws; 5. Uses related to "chain letters" or broadcasting to lists of individuals in such a manner that might cause congestion of the network; 6. Uses of the ONet network that result in traffic to any connected network which violates published acceptable use specifications for that network. (For example, although there is no limit on the size of files that may be transferred within the ONet network, or within the CA*net or NetNorth national networks, there is a specification that prohibits files larger than 300K from being transferred from the NetNorth network into or through the BITNET network.) ********************End of Acceptable Use Policy Document*********************** 6) Estimate the number of hosts that will be on the network: 6a. Initially: 65 6b. Within one year: 140 6c. Within two years: 300 6d. Within five years: 850 7. Reason: We are applying for a Class B license as our requirements now exceed the limits of a Class C license. Our TCP-IP network has grown to include different physical LAN types (Arcnet and Ethernet as well as point to point) and has extended over a wide geographical area (Canada, U.S.A. and England). As well, having a large and growing population of high-speed Unix workstations mixed in with PC's and general use Vaxes has led to network congestion in certain cases. We forsee real problems arising within the next year if we are not able to create subnets to handle this situation. This, coupled with the fact that we will exceed the ~255 host limit within 2 years leads us to request the Class B license. 8. Type of network: Research 9. Purpose: To carry out Research and Development for a multi-national company in the field of Aluminum and related products. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shawn Allin Alcan International Ltd., P.O. Box 8400, Kingston, Ont., Canada K7L 5L9 (613) 541-2178 ACCESS@KRDC.INT.Alcan.CA Bitnet: ACCESS@ALCANKTN