CAIDA uses the following Acceptable Use Policies to govern its data collection activities:

• Archipelago Measurement Infrastructure: Archipelago (Ark) Site Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
• Passive Internet Trace Collection Acceptable Use Agreement
• COMMONS Project: COMMONS Site Acceptable Use Agreement

On June 30, 2006, National Science Foundation funding for the National Laboratory for Advanced Network Research (NLANR) project expired and NLANR officially ended. In July 2006, CAIDA assumed operational stewardship for the NLANR machines and data. CAIDA used the following AUPs in incorporating former NLANR infrastructure into CAIDA's ongoing data collection activities:

• Former PMA passive trace collection sites: NLANR PMA Site Acceptable Use Agreement
• Former AMP active measurement sites: Archipelago Node Usage

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