[71863] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Unplugging spamming PCs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Shultz)
Thu Jun 24 14:58:10 2004
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:35:49 -0700
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
From: "Jeff Shultz" <jeffshultz@wvi.com>
Reply-To: "Jeff Shultz" <jeffshultz@wvi.com>
In-Reply-To: <29DB430543B82240A27F1525D7FC13E44D749B@exch04.corp.netscreen.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
And all the spammers move to China where the FBI, DHS and police have
no authority.
Oh wait - you say they already have?
** Reply to message from "Larry Pingree" <lpingree@juniper.net> on Thu,
24 Jun 2004 11:17:37 -0700
> Hi Joe,
>
> If only those who are approved email senders are allowed to be
> accepted, this allows police, FBI, or DHS to go after only those who are
> registered and abusing it. It's for the same purpose that we administer
> car registrations, so that at the end of the day, someone is responsible
> for the car. In this case, someone can be responsible for the domain and
> mail server. In its current state, we are left way in the open. I don't
> disagree that government control is un-desirable, but remember, at least
> in my mind, even though it may be undesirable, it may be a necessary
> action. Anyone know why we have to get a drivers license? How about a
> passport? What about a SSN? All of these things are ways in which we
> can have accountability. Without accountability we will remain in
> anarchy. All that government does is bridge a gap when corporations,
> which only do things for profit, will not collaborate on an appropriate
> solution to a problem, even though one exists.
>
>
--
Jeff Shultz
A railfan pulls up to a RR crossing hoping that
there will be a train.
