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This provision establishes operational boundaries for permissible use of AWS infrastructure by prohibiting activities that could compromise system integrity or enable unauthorized access. The restriction applies to both external systems and AWS infrastructure itself, establishing AWS's enforcement authority over customer use patterns.
Interpretive note: The provision does not define a clear standard for what constitutes unauthorized scanning, and it is unclear from the document text whether authorized penetration testing on AWS is covered by a separate policy or requires a formal exception process.
Customers are required to refrain from security testing, vulnerability scanning, network probing, or unauthorized access attempts using AWS Services. The terms restrict monitoring or crawling activities that degrade system performance or disrupt operations of any network or computing resource.
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You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...
relate to transactions involving (f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime... (i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruption.
You must not, and must not allow others to: Facilitate illegal or harmful activity through the End User Services; Cause harm to us or others through the End User Services;
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"You may not use the Services to: violate the security or integrity of any network, computer or communications system, software application, or network or computing device; access or use any system without permission, including attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of a system or to breach any security or authentication measures; monitor or crawl a system in a way that impairs or disrupts the system being monitored or crawled; or perform actions with the intent to interfere with the proper functioning of any system.— Excerpt from Amazon's AWS Acceptable Use Policy
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This provision establishes operational boundaries for permissible use of AWS infrastructure by prohibiting activities that could compromise system integrity or enable unauthorized access. The restriction applies to both external systems and AWS infrastructure itself, establishing AWS's enforcement authority over customer use patterns.
Customers are required to refrain from security testing, vulnerability scanning, network probing, or unauthorized access attempts using AWS Services. The terms restrict monitoring or crawling activities that degrade system performance or disrupt operations of any network or computing resource.
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