[18937] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Transaction Based Settlements Encourage Waste (was Re: BBN/GTEI)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Dillon)
Sat Aug 22 14:35:54 1998
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 11:26:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <7502.wsimpson@greendragon.com>
On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, William Allen Simpson wrote:
> Are you telling me that I should not fill my pipe with duplicate Acks,
> as that would be "fraud"?
No. I'm saying that if you generate spurious traffic with the
*INTENT* of creating a revenue stream to you then you are probably
committing fraud. If the duplicate acks are created by a program that
serves no other useful purpose then it would be just as fraudluent as if
you were to set up a 900 number, don a bicycle messenger's outfit, and
visit downtown offices asking to use the phone for a momemnt and then
calling your 900 number.
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