[38105] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ORBS (Re: Scanning)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mike@biggorilla.com)
Tue May 29 10:22:50 2001
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 09:17:12 -0500
From: mike@biggorilla.com
To: Mitch Halmu <mitch@netside.net>
Cc: Derek Balling <dredd@megacity.org>,
	Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>, Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>,
	"'E.B. Dreger'" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>, nanog@nanog.org
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Umm...but most businesses (and the government even) restrict *WHERE* you
can smoke (because smoking is also harmful to others, just as open relays
are). So if you're going to use smoking as an analogy, then MAPS is my
right to a "smoke-free zone".
--
Mike Jones
mike@biggorilla.com
* Mitch Halmu (mitch@netside.net) [05/28/01 02:19]:
> Derek, there is a subtle difference between the words you SHOULD and
> you MUST. The RFC you quoted is a "Best Current Practices" document.
> You know, like "The Surgeon General had determined that [insert your
> favorite vice here] is bad for your health". i.e, he can't order you
> MUST stop smoking, maybe you SHOULD consider it because yadayada.