[39009] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cable Modem [really responsible engineering]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fletcher E Kittredge)
Mon Jun 25 11:34:15 2001
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To: nanog@merit.edu (North America Network Operators Group Mailing List)
Cc: dhcp-server@isc.org
Reply-To: nanog@merit.edu
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:55:41 PDT."
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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 11:33:44 -0400
From: Fletcher E Kittredge <fkittred@gwi.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Cross posting sucks. However, this is a special case as this
discussion really ought to move to NANOG without losing context.
Please edit headers to make sure replies go *only* to NANOG.
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:55:41 -0700 "Kenneth Porter" wrote:
> >P.S. I will be out all day tomorrow testifying to the Public
> >Utilities Commission staff and will not be able to respond to any
> >further discussion for a few days.
>
> Testifying on this particular issue? I'd be interested in hearing what
> comes of it. Once again it sounds like we're trading a little imagined
> security for loss of freedom, and laying the expense on common
> carriers.
Testifying on an entirely unrelated docket.
You make a very important point. I am a believer in strong privacy,
and that privacy is constantly under attack. The defense of privacy
requires constant vigilance.
However, being able to identify which computer is sending traffic does
not result in loss of privacy:
1) privacy should come from other, more secure, mechanisms such as
encryption of data.
2) Current dial-up IP access provides an even greater ability to
identify the user.
regards,
fletcher
