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EXHIBIT A <br /> Acceptable Use Policy <br /> Definitions <br /> 1. Email "bombing" is characterized by abusers repeatedly sending an identical email message to a <br /> particular address. <br /> 2. Email "spamming" is a variant of bombing; it refers to sending email to hundreds or thousands of <br /> users (or to lists that expand to that many users). It may also occur innocently, as a result of sending a <br /> message to mailing lists and not realizing that the list explodes to thousands of users, or as a result of an <br /> incorrectly setup responder message. <br /> 3. "Flooding" occurs when a target machine is flooded with TCP connection requests.The target system <br /> host becomes extremely slow, crashes or hangs. Broadcast or"smurf attacks causes network links to <br /> become overloaded.The "smurf' attack sends a constant stream of echo requests "pings"to the <br /> broadcast address of a subnet. <br /> Acceptable Use Policy <br /> This Acceptable Use Policy(hereafter referred to as 'AUP ) specifies certain actions prohibited by the <br /> CITY for users of the City Fiber Network, The CITY reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time to <br /> stay in compliance with all known laws, regulations, policies,and security requirements that may be <br /> established by appropriate legislative or regulatory authorities or enacted by CITY management or Legal <br /> Counsel. Customer unconditionally accepts the terms of this policy. <br /> Authorized Use <br /> CITY Fiber services are for the use of authorized users only and are subject to routine network <br /> monitoring by CITY staff to audit network security and performance. The city reserves the right to deny <br /> IP addresses or revoke IP addresses and/or deny service to any Customer violating the AUP. <br /> Illegal Use <br /> The CITY Fiber may be used only for lawful purposes.Transmission, distribution or storage of any <br /> material in violation of any applicable law or regulation coming through the City Fiber Network is <br /> prohibited. Illegal use includes, but is not limited to, material protected by copyright,trademark,trade <br /> secret or other intellectual property rights which is being used without proper authorization; <br /> government and military data protected by law and applicable national security policies and concerns; <br /> Customer data protected by public policy; and material that, in the CITY's sole discretion, is obscene, <br /> defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws or any other laws or applicable <br /> regulations,or any use which compromises the integrity of the City Fiber Network or any other network <br /> connected to the City Fiber Network. <br /> System and Network Security <br /> Violations of system or network security are prohibited and may result in criminal and/or civil liability. <br /> Customer use of CITY Fiber Network constitutes consent to the CITY's routine network monitoring. <br /> Should any violations of the law or this AUP be discovered during monitoring,the CITY will involve and <br /> cooperate with local, Illinois, and Federal law enforcement authorities for resolution. Examples of <br /> unlawful acts and system or network security violations include, but are not limited to,the following: <br /> 1. Unauthorized access to or use of data, systems or networks, including any attempt to probe, damage, <br /> scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures <br />