[73743] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Definition of P2P (was Feinstein)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petri Helenius)
Thu Sep 2 02:21:23 2004
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 09:19:31 +0300
From: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi>
To: Joe Johnson <jjohnson@jmdn.net>
Cc: "David A. Ulevitch" <davidu@everydns.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3B7D75DC637FE347A0C9EFC8C4B101156BFC@server.jmdn.net.local>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Joe Johnson wrote:
>All this hit here in Illinois when the Super DCMA took effect, and it
>technically became illegal to use a router in your home (as the Illinois
>DCMA restricts the ability to hide the source or destination of any
>electronic communication, kinda like NAT). I certainly didn't pull NAT
>off my home or my office connections! I think no one has been called
>down (e.g., no one has challenged) on the law, but I could be arrested
>at any time for running a basic Netgear router on my broadband at home.
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Making NAT illegal is a good idea, however it was done for all the wrong
reasons.
Pete
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