[13103] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IP spoofing and spamming
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hank Nussbacher)
Tue Oct 28 20:58:24 1997
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 03:44:56 +0200
To: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@priori.net>
From: Hank Nussbacher <hank@ibm.net.il>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
At 05:30 PM 10/28/97 -0800, J.D. Falk wrote:
> Are you under any contractural obligation to transit that IP
> address? The user in question seems to think you are, but you
> should check that as well; most contracts that I've seen do
> not mention multihoming specificially, and this could be the
> perfect loophole for you to use while you give him the 30 days
> notice or whatever it takes to disconnect him completely.
Lawyers have a funny way of reading contracts. Some read them that anything
not spelled out is allowed, whereas others read them that anything not
spelled is not allowed. I guess ISPs on NANOG should be aware of this new
spam/ip-spoofing method when writing contracts with their clients.
-Hank
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