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Dan Value Site Hosting provides our clients with web hosting accounts that permit the use of CGI files, PHP scripts, and other executable programs. Because these scripts use much more system resources than standard HTML pages, certain restrictions must be made governing the use of such "active content" systems. We regret that in many cases we are unable to determine what specific script or application is causing the system resource overrun. Under most circumstances, we are able to pinpoint it to the offending account on the system. The following rules apply to all "active content" files as listed above:
  • The scripts must use low system resources. Scripts that consume a large amount of our RAM or processor will be subject to immediate suspension until the owner can be notified and an alternative solution is reached.
    Each user account may not use more than 20% of system resources at any given time. If a web hosting account is consistently using 20% or greater system resources, the account holder will be warned and if no action is taken on behalf of the account holder the web hosting account may be suspended.
  • The scripts may not interact with any server configuration or hardware. Web hosting accounts running these scripts are subject to immediate account termination without refund.
  • The scripts can not be used or referenced from any other site not hosted by Value Site Hosting.
  • The scripts must execute in a timely fashion. Any script that uses the processor for more than a few milliseconds is subject to removal.
  • All scripts that appear to be designed specifically to attack or otherwise maliciously affect the server is completely unacceptable, and if such scripts are found in your web hosting account the account will be terminated immediately and your actions will be reported to the proper local, state, and federal authorities and legal action will be taken to prosecute the account holder to the fullest extent of the law.
  • Perl-based chat room scripts are strictly prohibited.
  • Scripts that require high-bandwidth usage, such as non-Perl chat room scripts or banner rotation scripts, are prohibited.
  • Scripts must be kept secure. Unnecessary chmoding scripts to 777 is a violation of this policy. Keeping scripts in a publicly viewable directory (one without a index.html file) is also in violation of this policy. NOTE: If a script will NOT execute with a permission other than 777 (rarely the case) you may contact customer care to get approval for the script which will be given under most circumstances.
  • Any web hosting account with scripts found in violation of these policies are subject to future scrutiny of all CGI, Perl, CFM, ASP, and PHP scripts by our System Administrators. If a script is found to be harmful to the system, it will be killed immediately and the web hosting account locked down until the account owners have been contacted. Malicious scripts are subject to immediate web hosting account termination without refund of any prepaid monies.

Why do we have this policy?

A Virtual Server is shared. As such, there are many web hosting accounts per machine. In all fairness, Value Site Hosting cannot allow one or two clients to use all of the System resources on a shared machine and have all other clients on the machine suffer because of it. Excessive CPU usage by one or more clients causes extreme slowness in all areas: FTP, Telnet, Web Sites and more. If the CPU usage gets too far out of hand, all web sites hosted on the machine will return Errors and not be accessible in any way.

What happens if I violate this policy?

All web hosting accounts that are found to using excessive amounts of system resources will receive an email warning from Value Site Hosting. This warning will inform you that there is too much CGI running and it will provide options for reducing the usage or upgrading your server. If you do not reduce the usage within 24 hours of the email being sent, your script will be canceled.

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