🤝Responsibility

We want to ensure that everyone has a clear understanding of how to use Ax responsibly and ethically. In order to do so, we kindly ask that you take the following guidelines into consideration:

• When using Ax, please be mindful of the IP ranges you are scanning. It is very easy to accidentally include a /24 subnet that should not be scanned. If the subnet is then expanded or if using the ax scan argument --expand-cidr, each of the 254 IPs in the /24 subnet will be split between all the instances in your fleet.

• If you do generate any abuse complaints, your cloud account may be suspended or cancelled without prior warning

• We encourage you to double-check your scan parameters and ensure that you are only scanning the IP ranges that you intend to scan.

• We highly recommend that you follow the cloud providers Terms of Service and their guidelines for ethical hacking and bug bounty hunting.

Guidelines

• It is the user's responsibility to ensure that their scans do not generate abuse complaints.

• Do not include any subnets in the scan configuration that you do not have permission to scan.

• If you accidentally include a subnet that you should not have scanned, stop the scan immediately and remove the subnet from the configuration.

• Only use Ax for legitimate purposes, such as bug bounty hunting or penetration testing, within the allowed scope of the target's bounty program or prior agreement between you and the target.

• Always be mindful of your scans and take responsibility for ensuring that they do not generate abuse complaints.

• Do not use Ax for any malicious or illegal activities.

Expectations

• Act responsibly and ethically.

• Follow the cloud providers terms of service and comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

• Promptly address any abuse complaints they receive.

Consequences

Violations of the guidelines and expectations may result in immediate termination of your account.

• Ax developers are not responsible for any consequences that may result from the use of Ax.

Conclusion

We are grateful for our cloud providers cooperation in allowing the use of Ax on their platform. We encourage Ax users to act responsibly and follow the guidelines to avoid generating abuse complaints and potential consequences.