[35996] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: AOL holes again.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Hollis)
Wed Mar 21 05:22:14 2001
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 02:15:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>
To: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
Cc: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>,
Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, David Schwartz wrote:
> Note that service observing and random monitoring are permitted only for
> quality control checks. If headers are analyzed to slap up automatic filters
> when suspicious patterns are detected, it may be necessary to defend this
> practice as a "mechanical or service quality control check". This may be
> more difficult than you would expect.
Unless you put this control in the hands of the recipient -- let the end
user decide what they want to filter. Poof. End of debate.
-Dan
