[26589] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Netgate.net.nz/ORBS spam colusion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mr. James W. Laferriere)
Sat Jan 8 15:06:31 2000
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 12:04:43 -0800 (PST)
From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <babydr@baby-dragons.com>
To: North America Network Operators Group <nanog@merit.edu>
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Hello Greg,
On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> [ On Saturday, January 8, 2000 at 08:14:30 (-0800), Owen DeLong wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: Netgate.net.nz/ORBS spam colusion
> > I seriously doubt that publishing a list of known public-nuissances
> > is genuinely illegal. Further, unless Dean has presented netgate
> > with a court-order showing that the court has indeed found said
> > activity to be illegal, I think they would be negligent in turning
> > off said service.
> Society, at least our Western society, has a long history of publishing
> such lists, and indeed the police are often the ones doing the
> publishing.
> Maybe some of you more community minded Americans can convince your
> President Clinton that ORBS is indeed a service that the US Gov. should
> operate itself in its effort to make the Internet a safer place.
I for one would -NOT- support the idea of the US Government
getting involved in an area the -could- block any email traffic
to my business . Say I (or one of my employee's) forgets to
pay a tax, parking ticket, or somesuch other trivility .
That government agency requests that my company be placed in
the now Gov controlled ORBS ... Plus Look at the USG's track
record folks ?-}
If ORBS is to remain a net tool/pest I for one vote to leave it
in the hands of the people whom know what it is for & how to
maintain its integrity best . Right where it is now . JimL
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