Acceptable Use Policy

Last updated: 18 May 2026

1. Overview

This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") describes activities that are prohibited or restricted on the Pulsar67 service. It applies to all customers and all uses of any Pulsar67 VPS, IP address, or related resource. It is incorporated into our Terms of Service by reference.

The short version: don't do anything illegal, don't harm other internet users, and don't harm our infrastructure or our other customers. The rest of this document is the long version.

2. Prohibited Content

You may not host, store, distribute, or transmit:

• Illegal content in any jurisdiction where you, your users, or our infrastructure operates.
• Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in any form. This is a zero-tolerance, no-warning, immediate-termination offense. We cooperate fully with NCMEC and law enforcement.
• Content that infringes copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights.
• Malware, viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, spyware, rootkits, exploit kits, credential stealers, or other malicious code intended to harm systems or users.
• Phishing pages, fraudulent storefronts, or sites designed to deceive users into giving up credentials, payment details, or personal information.
• Content that promotes or facilitates terrorism, violent extremism, human trafficking, the sale of illegal drugs or weapons, or other serious crimes.
• Non-consensual intimate imagery, doxing material, or content shared with intent to harass or intimidate.

3. Prohibited Activities

You may not use Pulsar67 to:

• Launch denial-of-service attacks (DoS or DDoS) against any target, including stress-testing services not owned by you or that you do not have written authorization to test.
• Conduct unauthorized port scanning, vulnerability scanning, or penetration testing against systems you do not own or have explicit permission to test.
• Operate a botnet command-and-control server or any infrastructure intended to coordinate malicious activity.
• Perform brute-force or credential-stuffing attacks against any system.
• Engage in SIM swapping, account takeover services, SMS pumping, or other fraud-as-a-service operations.
• Use the service for cryptocurrency-related fraud: rug pulls, mixers used to launder stolen funds, exchange spoofing, etc.
• Forge headers, falsify source IP addresses, or otherwise impersonate another person, system, or service.
• Operate proxies, VPN endpoints, or anonymization services that are used to facilitate abuse (see Section 8 for legitimate use).
• Engage in any activity that destabilizes or threatens our network, our infrastructure, or our other customers' service.

4. Explicitly Allowed

We want to be clear that many use cases people worry about are perfectly welcome here:

• Game servers (Minecraft, source-engine, Rust, etc.) for personal or commercial use.
• Personal or team VPN endpoints for your own use (WireGuard, OpenVPN, etc.).
• Web hosting for any lawful site, including small commercial sites, personal blogs, portfolios, and SaaS products.
• Development and staging environments, CI runners, build farms.
• Self-hosted apps: Nextcloud, Plex (for your own legally-obtained media), Mastodon, Matrix, Jellyfin, etc.
• Bots and automation for services where the operator permits it (Discord bots, scrapers respecting robots.txt and rate limits, etc.).
• Authorized security research against your own systems or with written permission from the target.

5. Email & Anti-Spam

You may run mail servers from your Pulsar67 VPS, but the following rules apply:

• You may not send unsolicited commercial email (UCE) or any other form of spam.
• Bulk email is permitted only to recipients who have actively opted in. Opt-in records must be retained and producible on request.
• You must comply with all applicable anti-spam laws including CAN-SPAM (US), CASL (Canada), GDPR (EU), and PECR (UK).
• Every commercial message must include a working unsubscribe mechanism and the sender's physical address.
• Outbound port 25 (SMTP) is rate-limited by default and may be blocked entirely on Nano and Starter plans. If you need to send legitimate email, we recommend using a dedicated email-delivery provider (SendGrid, Postmark, AWS SES, etc.) instead of running your own SMTP server.
• Repeated abuse complaints, RBL listings, or high spam-complaint rates will result in suspension.

6. Resource Usage

Your VPS comes with stated resource allocations. Sustained workloads within those limits are fine. The following are restricted:

• Sustained 100% CPU usage on shared-tenancy plans (Nano, Starter) is allowed but may be throttled if it affects neighbors. If your workload is CPU-bound and continuous, Pulsar Pro or Enterprise provide dedicated CPU resources.
• Excessive disk I/O that degrades performance for other tenants may be rate-limited. We do not impose hidden caps; we'll contact you if your usage pattern is unusual.
• Network usage beyond your monthly bandwidth allowance is billed at the overage rate on the pricing page, not throttled or cut off, unless your activity violates this AUP.

7. Cryptocurrency Mining

Cryptocurrency mining (proof-of-work mining, including Monero / XMRig / similar) has the following policy:

• Pulsar Nano and Starter: not permitted. These plans share CPU resources, and sustained mining degrades the experience for everyone on the node.
• Pulsar Pro and Enterprise: permitted on dedicated CPU plans. You're paying for the cores; use them however you like.
• Browser-based cryptojacking (mining scripts injected into web pages without visitor consent) is prohibited on all plans.

8. Tor & Anonymity Networks

• Tor relays and bridges are permitted on all plans without prior approval. We support the Tor project and the privacy infrastructure of the open internet.
• Tor exit nodes require prior approval. Exit-node IPs attract abuse complaints and legal notices that we have to spend time triaging, so we ask exit operators to coordinate with us first. Email [email protected] if you want to run one.
• Personal VPN endpoints for your own use are always permitted.
• Commercial VPN services (where you sell VPN access to the public) are permitted but you must respond to abuse reports promptly and maintain reasonable anti-abuse measures.

9. Adult Content

Lawful adult content is permitted on Pulsar67. The following conditions apply:

• All performers must be verified adults at the time of recording, with documentation retained as required by applicable law (e.g., 18 U.S.C. § 2257 in the United States).
• All content must be consensually produced and consensually distributed.
• You must comply with applicable age-verification requirements for visitors in jurisdictions that require them.
• Any content depicting or sexualizing minors is prohibited absolutely and reportable to law enforcement.

10. Reporting Abuse

If you believe a Pulsar67 customer is violating this AUP, report it to [email protected]. Please include:

• The IP address and/or domain involved.
• The date and time of the activity (with timezone).
• A description of the abuse, including any relevant logs or evidence.
• Your contact information so we can follow up if needed.

We acknowledge legitimate abuse reports within 24 hours and act on them as quickly as the severity warrants. For copyright complaints under the DMCA, please send a properly formatted notice to [email protected].

11. Enforcement

When we receive a credible report of an AUP violation, we follow this general process:

1. Investigate. We look at logs, network data, and any evidence provided.
2. Notify. For non-severe violations, we contact the customer and give them a reasonable opportunity to remediate.
3. Escalate. If the violation continues or is severe (CSAM, active attack traffic, fraud, etc.), we suspend or terminate the service.
4. Cooperate. Where required by law, we cooperate with law enforcement and preserve relevant data.

Severe or immediately harmful violations may result in immediate suspension without prior notice. Service credits under the SLA do not apply to downtime caused by AUP enforcement.

12. Changes to this Policy

We may update this AUP from time to time as new abuse patterns emerge. Material changes will be announced at least 30 days in advance through the client area and by email to the account contact on file. Continued use of the service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised AUP.