[7150] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Suggestion for NANOG Meeting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Schwartz)
Mon Jan 20 13:40:27 1997
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 13:28:55 -0500 (EST)
From: David Schwartz <davids@wiznet.net>
To: Mike Leber <mleber@he.net>
Cc: "Eric D. Madison" <madison@queber.acsi.net>,
Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970120095948.5983E-100000@ruby.he.net>
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Mike Leber wrote:
>
> On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Eric D. Madison wrote:
> > As a carrier, I know that we should not and can not filter/censor/monitor
> > any content on our "pipes".
>
> So you would ignore one of your customers SYN attacking random victims on
> the net? Or one of your T3 customers ping bombing somebody with a T1?
That's not content. The term 'content' excludes time, place, and
manner. Blocking a SYN attack is about regulating the manner in which
people can exchange content, not the content they exchange.
DS
