[27996] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: peering wars revisited? PSI vs Exodus
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christian Nielsen)
Tue Apr 4 12:37:36 2000
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 10:34:39 -0600 (MDT)
From: Christian Nielsen <cnielsen@nielsen.net>
To: William Allen Simpson <wsimpson@greendragon.com>
Cc: "Majdi S. Abbas" <msa@samurai.sfo.dead-dog.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, William Allen Simpson wrote:
> Actually, as a matter of ethics, revealing the circumstances behind a
> network degradation is considered a "public service", and highly ethical.
maybe the reason noone posted to nanog or any other list is that there was no
network degradation.
> Cover-ups are unethical.
did you see a coverup?
> > If you were truly trying to cover this, in a journalistic
> > sense, why not talk to PSI, and ask them about it?
>
> Here, I agree. Good reporting requires thorough investigation.
correct. you can either leak or you can report. if you are a leaker, be it. if
you report, get both sides, take good notes and publish your claims.
Christian
