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Acceptable Use Policy.

Effective: 2026-04-01. This document is provided for transparency. The signed PDF version supplied during member onboarding takes precedence.

This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") governs the use of the DATAHUB-IX (operated by AS202192) shared switching fabric and any ancillary services delivered to a member ("Member").

1. Permitted use

The fabric is provided for the exchange of bilateral and multilateral IP traffic between Members. Members may carry any traffic that is lawful in every jurisdiction where the traffic originates, transits and terminates.

2. Prohibited conduct

  • Originating, relaying or amplifying spoofed-source traffic (BCP38/SAVE non-compliance).
  • Generating sustained denial-of-service traffic or operating amplification reflectors.
  • Originating BGP announcements not authorised by the resource holder (route hijacking).
  • Distributing malware, command-and-control traffic, or knowingly hosting phishing.
  • Sending unsolicited bulk email (UBE) in violation of CAN-SPAM, GDPR or local law.
  • Any conduct that materially impairs the operation of the fabric or another Member's ability to use it.

3. BGP requirements

  1. Members MUST publish RPKI ROAs for all prefixes announced to the route servers.
  2. Members MUST register all aggregate routes in an IRR database (RIPE, RADB, ARIN-WHOIS) under an AS-SET.
  3. Members SHOULD implement BCP38/SAVE filtering on customer-facing interfaces.
  4. Members SHOULD support BGP MD5 and MAY enable BFD (50ms × 3) on request.
  5. The maximum prefix limit defaults to 1000 (IPv4) and 200 (IPv6); higher limits are available on request.

4. Layer 2 hygiene

  • One MAC address per port. Additional MACs require prior approval and may incur a fee.
  • No proxy ARP/ND, no IRDP, no DHCP server, no router discovery, no STP/RSTP, no L2 keepalives, no IPX, no LLDP/CDP, no spanning-tree BPDUs.
  • Multicast is restricted to ARP/ND. Other multicast must be explicitly approved.
  • The default maximum frame size is 1500 bytes; jumbo frames (9000) are available on a separate VLAN.

5. Enforcement

DATAHUB-IX may, in its reasonable discretion, restrict or suspend a Member's connection in the event of a confirmed AUP violation. Members will be notified via the contact published in PeeringDB. We will use proportionate response: warn → rate-limit → port suspension → termination.

6. Reporting

Suspected violations should be reported to [email protected]. Reports are triaged within 4 hours during business days, 12 hours otherwise.

7. Updates

This AUP may be amended at any time. Material changes will be announced to all Members at least 30 days before they take effect.

AUP version 1.0 — Effective 2026-04-01 — DATAHUB-IX (AS202192)