[100987] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [admin] RE: Creating a crystal clear and pure Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lamar Owen)
Wed Nov 28 09:53:57 2007
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:52:49 -0500
From: "Lamar Owen" <lowen@pari.edu>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0711271354150.12368-100000@bawx.pilosoft.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Tuesday 27 November 2007, Alex Pilosov wrote:
> I'd like to draw attention to nanog AUP, particularly #6: Postings of
> political, philosophical, and legal nature are prohibited.
> While the "regulation of internet by filtering bad traffic" is clearly
> political and/or legal, I do think the *technical* implication of it are
> very much on-topic. After all, once this happens, we as network operators
> will be responsible for the filtering.
With all due respect, Alex and the rest of the MLC, I believe AUP #6 (aka, the
Ostrich Clause) should be amended. Operational folks must be involved in the
nontechnical processes that impact their daily jobs, or one day you will find
that operations will be impossible due to bone-headed regulations that might
have been stopped had knowledgeable operational people spoken up soon enough.
And while I realize this belongs more on nanog-futures, this thought should at
least see the light of day on the main nanog list first.
So I guess I'll subscribe to nanog-futures so that I can participate in what
may become a lively discussion over there on the Ostrich Clause. I encourage
everyone else who might be interested in joining this discussion to do so as
well.
I do not intend to post further on this subject on this list; no warning
necessary.
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Lamar Owen
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