1. Purpose
This Acceptable Use Policy governs lawful, secure, and responsible use of DFX hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, email, DNS, VPN, streaming, applications, APIs, storage, and related resources.
2. General rule
Services must not harm DFX, its providers, infrastructure, reputation, other customers, or third parties.
3. Prohibited activities
- Phishing, impersonation, fraud, credential theft, or deceptive pages.
- Malware, ransomware, spyware, botnets, cryptojacking, or harmful code.
- DDoS attacks, abusive scanning, unauthorized exploitation, or brute force.
- Spam, purchased lists, forged senders, or filter evasion.
- Illegal content, unlawful threats, exploitation, or prohibited commerce.
- Copyright, trademark, privacy, image, or trade-secret infringement.
- Unauthorized mining, public proxies, open relays, or high-risk services.
- Excessive CPU, RAM, storage, I/O, process, connection, mail, or bandwidth use.
- Circumventing limits, suspensions, licensing, or security controls.
4. Email and messaging
The Customer must maintain lawful consent, accurate sender information, unsubscribe mechanisms, and clean mailing lists.
5. Security testing
Penetration tests, intensive scans, or offensive simulations require prior written authorization and a defined scope.
6. Shared-resource environments
DFX may limit processes, queries, scheduled jobs, connections, inodes, or traffic that degrade shared infrastructure.
7. Investigation and enforcement
DFX may inspect logs, isolate files, block ports or IP addresses, suspend services, and preserve technical evidence.
8. Third-party complaints
The Customer must timely respond to abuse reports and provide evidence of authority or ownership when requested.
9. Remediation costs
Investigation, cleanup, reinstatement, IP replacement, reputation recovery, or emergency assistance may be billed separately.