[78758] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Utah governor signs Net-porn bill
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kathryn Kessey)
Tue Mar 22 13:31:22 2005
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:29:09 -0600
From: "Kathryn Kessey" <kkessey@alterpoint.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
...this bill... requires the attorney general to establish and maintain =
a database, called the adult content registry, of certain Internet sites =
containing material harmful to minors...
...$100,000 from the General Fund to the attorney general, for fiscal =
year 2005-06 only,
to establish the adult content registry...
They are going to create publicly accessible, highly available database =
service of the all the world's porn sites and maintain it with up to the =
minute data... with 100K. Right.=20
Seems like a more rational answer to Utah's pr0n phobia is for a certain =
religious entity to publish their own net-nanny software/service for =
their parishioners.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of
Rachael Treu
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:35 AM
To: Bill Woodcock
Cc: Richard Irving; Roy; Fergie (Paul Ferguson); nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: Utah governor signs Net-porn bill
On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 09:33:44AM -0800, Bill Woodcock said something =
to the effect of:
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> > > It's also voluntary on the part of the service provider.
> > What !?! Surely you Jest!
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> Uh, yes, I was joking. Unfortunately, I do believe, on credible =
evidence,=20
> that there are people stupid enough to be trying to legislate the=20
> operation of the Internet without having first understood how it's =
done=20
> right now. Case in point.
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> -Bill
What do you mean?! I'm writing an email right now to my=20
service provider, demanding that I get *only* porn. I=20
want all pr0n, all the time. No need to wast bandwidth
on this smtp garbage, or any other http-type hooey, for
that matter.
I want my OPoIP (only porn over IP)! I want it secured,
even! Encrypted porn with an SLA I can wave SLA about if=20
anything else slips through like pesky news or children's
pages or something icky.
Are you telling me my provider reserves the right to=20
refuse me this service? <sniff>
--ra ;)
--=20
k. rachael treu, CISSP rara@navigo.com
..quis custodiet ipsos custodes?..
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