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CGI Abuse Policy

NetMidWest allows CGI to be used on all Servers. CGI can be resource intensive however, and because a Server must be shared with other users, we must limit how much of the CPU can be used by any one account on a shared server. There are several reasons why NetMidWest has created its CGI Abuse policy for its server users.

What does NetMidWest consider CGI abuse?

Any site whose CGI programs are using excessive amounts of system resources. Excessive amounts is defined as any amount that results in substantial degradation of server performance. NetMidWest is the sole judge of what consititues degraded server performance.

Banned Scripts:

The following scripts are banned from use on our servers and may not be uploaded or run. Reasons for banning them include adverse effects on server load, invitations to hackers, spammers, criminal activity, and such.

IRC egg drops
Proxy servers
Mail bombers
Anonymous mailers
IP spoofers
Port scanners
nph-proxy
UBB (Ultimate Bulletin Board, all versions)
Ikonboard, Yabb (all versions)
lstmrge.cgi
FormMail.cgi, FormMail.pl

Due to their use of flat files instead of databases, NetMidWest does not allow the use of UBB or YABB bulletin boards. Use of these boards for large or very active forums, results in system performance degradation, and cannot be allowed in our shared server environment. NetMidWest suggests using VBulletin or phpBB as a more efficient, database-driven alternative to these bulletin boards. We also recommend bnbform.cgi as an alternative to FormMail.

Why does NetMidWest have this policy?

Server Speed and Fairness to others. A Server is shared. As such, there are many accounts per machine. In all fairness, NetMidWest 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 sites hosted on the machine will return Errors and not be accessible in any way.

What happens if I violate this policy?

All accounts that are found to using excessive amounts of system resources will receive an email warning from NetMidWest. 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 CGI scripts will be disabled.

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