[161778] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BCP38 - Internet Death Penalty
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Tue Mar 26 21:57:59 2013
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:57:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawgster@gmail.com>
> > Careful: source address spoofing, like using a name you don't have
> > on your
> > driver license *is not inherently a crime*. *Fraudulent behaviour
> > which
> > is advanced thereby* makes it an additional crime.
> >
> > SAS is sometimes necessary for testing.
> >
>
> An argument could be made that "...fraud is fraud, is fraud, is
> fraud..." and should vigorously discouraged. :-)
Sure, Ferg. But my point was "be careful what you take as a proxy for
fraud; some behaviors have valid uses".
Cheers,
-- jra
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