[178547] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: content regulation, was Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lamar Owen)
Sat Feb 28 12:32:35 2015
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Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 12:32:33 -0500
From: Lamar Owen <lowen@pari.edu>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On 02/28/2015 09:53 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
> ...Spam, the slang term for unsolicited bulk email (UBE), is a form of=20
> denial-of-service attack and may/should be treated in the same way as=20
> other DoS attacks. ---rsk=20
47CFR=A78.11(d) Reasonable network management. A network management=20
practice is reasonable if it is appropriate and tailored to achieving a=20
legitimate network management purpose, taking into account the=20
particular network architecture and technology of the broadband Internet=20
access service.
Classic FCC wordsmithing, and seems to cover the DoS case nicely when=20
you look through the rest of =A78 for instances of the term 'reasonable=20
network management.'
Yes, it is amorphous, ambiguous, and all those things regulations=20
usually are. (Like being up for interpretation.) It remains to be seen=20
whether =A78 will survive appeal.
