[67371] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: question on ptr rr
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Niels Bakker)
Mon Feb 9 08:22:37 2004
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 14:21:34 +0100
From: Niels Bakker <niels=nanog@bakker.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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* Michael.Dillon@radianz.com (Michael.Dillon@radianz.com) [Mon 09 Feb 2004, 11:40 CET]:
> Imagine a world in which only ISPs run SMTP servers
> which only talk directly to other servers with which
> they have an offline relationship. A world in which
> everybody hands over their email to an ISP for onward
> delivery in order to get it into the system. A world
> in which it is virtually impossible to send anonymous
> or forged email without the cooperation of an ISP.
Yuck.
(I'm getting flashbacks to a certain Dr. Strangelove scene right now.
And to some from Brazil, too.)
-- Niels.
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Blessed are the Watchmakers, for they shall inherit the earth.
