[43966] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fwd: Re: Digital Island sponsors DoS attempt
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gregory Urban)
Mon Oct 29 13:42:42 2001
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Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 12:36:55 -0600
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Gregory Urban <urban@cs.umbc.edu>
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At 10:45 PM 10/25/2001, Paul Vixie wrote:
> > > I am sure, Digital Island gets the necessary permissions from network
> > > owners before hammering them with those requests, right?
>
> > The same "permissions" that allow seamless end-to-end connectivity across
> > the entire Internet. The same "permissions" you granted to others when
> > you signed the connectivity agreement.
>
>"everything not expressly forbidden is allowed" is a workable model for
>peering relationships and even transit relationships, but it only works
>within the context of a direct relationship of some kind.
I remember when the Internet was a collaborative collection of networks and
network operators attempting to allow seamless connectivity among the
users/content on each network. Based on the tone of this thread, those
days are long gone.
How much money do I need to send each of you for forcing this email, with
an opinion that is contrary to yours, to traverse your network without your
expressly stated consent?
Greg U
