[71362] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "Default" Internet Service (was: Re: Points on your Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Sun Jun 13 12:33:43 2004
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 09:22:20 -0700
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, John Curran <jcurran@istaff.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0406122213040.4362@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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Sean... Bigger and more important questions than "How do you make sure your
users only access safe content?" are:
1. Should you?
It is very hard for me to distinguish this from censorship
in my mind. No, I'm not saying malware doesn't violate
community standards of decency. However, so do obscene
phone calls. TPC is not expected to block all obscene
phone calls. They are expected to assist in the investigation
and termination of repeated abuse. I think ISPs should
be held to that same standard. Anything more treads
a slippery slope.
2. Who defines "safe" content?
Is porn safe? Is <freeapp> (with it's well known spyware
and other adjuncts) safe? Is <peertopeer> safe, with it's
well known tendency to support copyright infringement?
Is the web safe, given the various malware activex components,
javascript bugs in browsers, etc.? I like deciding for my
self what risks I will take. I really don't want my ISP
making those choices for me.
Owen
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