[100013] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How to Handle ISPs Who Turn a Blind Eye to Criminal Activity?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Jaeggli)
Fri Oct 12 16:21:29 2007
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:19:19 -0700
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
To: Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org>
CC: John Kristoff <jtk@ultradns.net>, nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0710121203580.16945@linuxbox.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Gadi,
Gadi Evron wrote:
> The time soon approaches when we need to clean house if we are to "clean
> the net". I suppose we may as well start with the lower-hanging fruit
> because the very idea of cleaning the net is propostrous.
>
> There is no reason to gun for businesses, but if the businesses are in
> fact criminal (which is surprisingly easily defined, think RBN), and
> cause that much trouble, we can gun for them and feel good about it, too.
Advocating vigilantism is simply not a very wise position to take.
Taking the the power to determine what is and is not criminal onto
yourself is in fact illegal in most places.
