[57078] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: is this true or... ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Fri Mar 28 10:36:55 2003
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
To: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
Cc: Tomas Daniska <tomas@tronet.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 28 Mar 2003 09:35:09 CST."
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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:36:15 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
In message <3E846BAD.3010500@brightok.net>, Jack Bates writes:
>Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>> but there may be session state -- it's bill HB 2121) only criminalizes the
>> conduct if it's done "with intent to harm or defraud a communications
>> service provider". Now, given the anti-NAT and anti-VPN tendencies of some
>> broadband ISPs, I'm not necessarily thrilled, but it's not quite the
>> same as was originally suggested.
>>
>
>Without looking it up (a little busy), there should be a Definitions
>section defining communications service provider. Is the bill aimed at
>ISP's or is it aimed at the actual Telco?
>
>-Jack
>*probably just creating noise*
>
I'm busy, too, and probably shouldn't bother, but see
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/data/docmodel/78r/billtext/pdf/HB02121I.PDF
-- and yes, it specifically speaks of "an Internet-based distribution
system, network, or facility".
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)
