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This clause establishes operational boundaries for permissible use of AWS network resources by prohibiting activities that would compromise network integrity or enable attacks against third-party systems. The provision protects both AWS infrastructure and external targets from abuse conducted through AWS services.
Users are contractually restricted from using AWS services to conduct network attacks or proxy operations. Violation of this restriction constitutes a breach of the Acceptable Use Policy and may result in service suspension or termination as specified in AWS's enforcement procedures.
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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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"Network Abuse. Taking actions that would reasonably result in retaliation against the AWS network, including launching a Denial of Service (DoS) or Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against any website or server. Conducting any open proxy or open relay activities.— Excerpt from Amazon's AWS Acceptable Use Policy
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This clause establishes operational boundaries for permissible use of AWS network resources by prohibiting activities that would compromise network integrity or enable attacks against third-party systems. The provision protects both AWS infrastructure and external targets from abuse conducted through AWS services.
Users are contractually restricted from using AWS services to conduct network attacks or proxy operations. Violation of this restriction constitutes a breach of the Acceptable Use Policy and may result in service suspension or termination as specified in AWS's enforcement procedures.
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