[136712] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Weekend Gedankenexperiment - The Kill Switch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Greene)
Fri Feb 4 09:18:53 2011
From: Barry Greene <bgreene@senki.org>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin2+F9mMn60xqMvnwNhJ6Sxthaze7G+J16NUWZv@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 06:18:01 -0800
To: Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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> The Internet is not immune to the law, as you should well know. In =
fact,
> the Internet seems to be a legal "proving ground" these days, so word =
to
> the wise.
And, the US National Communication Service =
(http://www.ncs.gov/index.html) "technically" has the ability to order =
all US telecommunications providers to disconnect for the express =
purpose of maintaining the integrity of the US Telecommunications =
system. If the NCS does not have implicit authority, a Executive order =
would grant it.=20
So beware, most of the "US Internet Kill Switch" talk in Washington DC =
is politics from people who have not read that can be done now using =
existing authorities.=20
