[21740] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Lawsuit threat against RBL users
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Anderson)
Thu Nov 19 00:58:08 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 23:24:25 -0500 (EST)
From: Eric Anderson <keric@cyberiron.com>
To: Chris Williams <psion@geekspace.com>
cc: "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <36539283.3462D197@geekspace.com>
> Company S(pam) has a web site, hosted on the servers of
> web-presence-provider Company P(rovider). Company S uses the services of
> Company X to send out massive loads of SPAM, with referencing the web
> site and even e-mail addresses hosted by Company H. Now, if I'm hearing
> what's being said on this list correctly, Company H is being expected to
> pull the website they host for Company S (or else be blackholed), _even
> though no illegal or spam-generating activity is being generated on
> their network_.
> Am I understanding this correctly?!?
> By this philosophy, it would seem that if I were to host the web pages
> of a company which engaged in unwelcome telemarketing (which I
> personally find much more offensive than SPAM, and which is no more or
> less illegal in most states), I would be under an obligation to cease
> providing service to that company!
Not to mention being the ultimate DoS: sending out loads of useless
SPAM that appears to come from a competitor, getting them kicked off
their Net.
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