Types of security violations

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  1. Do not use cloud products to conduct attacks.

    Specific violations: Do not use cloud products, such as ECS, CDN, and Elastic Web Hosting, to launch attacks or provide technical support or services for attacks. Examples include DDoS attacks, CC attacks, web attacks, brute-force password cracking, DDoS attack control services, building or controlling botnets, and distributing malicious files such as trojans and viruses.

  2. Do not perform unauthorized scans, penetration tests, or other probing activities.

    Specific violations: Do not scan, probe, or run penetration tests on any cloud products or user assets without authorization from the user and prior notification to Alibaba Cloud. Examples include vulnerability scanning, port scanning, system weakness detection, vulnerability testing and validation, and penetration testing.

  3. Do not use cloud products as email servers or to connect to third-party email servers without authorization from Alibaba Cloud.

    Specific violations: Do not use cloud products, such as ECS, Elastic Web Hosting, and Cloud Web Hosting, as email servers or to connect to third-party email servers without authorization from Alibaba Cloud.

  4. Do not use cloud products to build DDoS defense services.

    Specific violations: Do not use cloud products or their features to build or provide DDoS defense services. This includes products such as Object Storage Service (OSS), DNS, ECS, Server Load Balancer (SLB), and elastic IP addresses (EIPs).

  5. Do not use cloud products for activities related to virtual currency.

    Specific violations: Do not use cloud products, such as ECS and Simple Application Server, to run malicious mining programs.

  6. Do not use cloud products to support or assist illegal activities.

    Specific violations: Do not use cloud products, such as ECS, OSS, CDN, and Domain Names, to build services that provide technical support or assistance to illegal activities. Examples of such activities include illegal or harmful apps and websites.

  7. If a customer's use of Alibaba Cloud products results in the blocking of an Alibaba Cloud IP address, negatively affects the stability of the Alibaba Cloud platform, or disrupts other users' cloud services, Alibaba Cloud reserves the right to suspend or terminate services or restrict the account's purchase quota.