AzNET Acceptable User & Use Policy

1. Goals and provided services

   The Azerbaijan Networking Educational Project (AzNET) is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Communications & Information Technologies of Azerbaijan Republic, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Azerbaijan, Open Society Institute - Assistance Foundation Azerbaijan (OSI-AF) and Azerbaijan Research and Educational Networking Association (AzRENA). The AzNET continues network development efforts started by National Information & Communication Technology (NICTS) Project, the AzRENA run by the Academy of Sciences, and the Information Program of the OSI-AF. It takes advantage of the assistance from the NATO's Virtual Silk Highway Project for external Internet connectivity. This Project also uses resources provided by NATO Science Program in frame of CARANA and Network Infrastructure Grants (NIG) for infrastructure development in country.

   The AzNET network has presence in Baku city and in the major cities and regions of Azerbaijan. The network is implemented as a Fiber Optics (FO) backbone with Points of Presence (POP's) collocated in Public Switched Telephone Networks nodes (PSTN), which are "Baki Telephone Rabite Istehsalat Birliyi (BTRIB)" in Baku city and "AzTeleCom" in Azerbaijan regions. Network capacity to connect the POP's is dedicated from the BTRIB over the existing FO infrastructure connecting their nodes. The backbone speed is no lower than 1000 Mbps.

   The number of nodes populated by the backbone is determined based on the spread of the customer base over the city, and may grow through the Project's implementation period.

   Outside Baku, the network creates POP's with the aim of covering the maximum of the country's territory, and using technology appropriate to each location. Remote POP's are connected to the network's core in Baku city by leased lines of the appropriate capacity, with a view to encourage intra-network information exchange and content creation.

   The services provided by AzNET include, but not limited to:

   • External Internet connectivity with minimum 64 kbps speed;
   • Internal exchange connectivity between connected institutions (min. 64 kbps);
   • Anti-spam, Antivirus and Intrusion Detection & Prevention filtering and protection;
   • Traffic measurement and monitoring systems;
   • Web Hosting and its support;
   • Distance Learning faculties;
   • Video & Web Conferencing;
   • Technical support related to network connectivity;
   • Call-center Helpdesk
   • On-site support and maintenance
   • Content filtering for the following content groups:
   • Pornography
   • Fascism
   • Local Internet Registry (LIR);
   • Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSRT);
   • Dialup Access;
   • Trainings;

   Customers get xDSL (ADSL, HDSL, SHDSL) service at the speed commensurate with category and technical specifications, but not lower than 64 Kbps. Wireless and FO technologies can complement the xDSL infrastructure, when appropriate. The network also operates an appropriate dial-up facility.

2. Eligible Target Groups

   AzNET is a non-commercial and non-profit Application and Internet Service Provider (AISP) for target institutions that comprise but not limited to the:

   • Higher Education institutions,
   • Research Institutions,
   • High Schools,
   • Secondary Schools,
   • Libraries,
   • NGO's,
   • Culture and community groups,
   • International non-profit organizations.

   AzNET may also provide services to other networks, in case such a provision does not violate the non-commercial nature of the network and results in direct benefit of the already connected networks.

3. Acceptable use policy

   AzNET network may be used only for transmission, distribution or storage of any material without violation of any applicable law or regulations in the country.

   AzNET users are prohibited to:

   1. Send unsolicited e-mail messages (spam).
   2. Distribute computer viruses or similar programs by all means.
   3. Have unauthorized access to or use data, systems or networks, including any attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without explicit authorization of the owner of the system or network.
   4. Conduct unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on any network without explicit authorization of the owner of the system or network.
   5. Interfere in services of any user, host or network including, without limitation: flooding and deliberate attempts to overload a system.
   6. Conduct a non-authorized scanning of any range of IP-addresses in the Internet.
   7. Insult or violate rights of any person, a company or an organization including without limitation, violating the rights of an intellectual property and confidentiality of a third party.
   8. Attempt to access filtered content via external proxy servers.
   9. Distribution of filtered content via AzNET network infrastructure.

   In case of violation of the above-mentioned rules, AzNET has the right, after proper formal warning, to suspend the connection of the offending network, until the latter conforms to the rules.

   All connected networks should establish their own Acceptable Use Policies compatible to the present one.

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