[98234] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Routing public traffic across county boundaries in Europe
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Francis)
Thu Jul 26 14:54:06 2007
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:53:06 -0700
From: "Scott Francis" <darkuncle@gmail.com>
To: surfer@mauigateway.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20070726105519.FF93A65E@resin11.mta.everyone.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
good luck with that :)
On 7/26/07, Scott Weeks <surfer@mauigateway.com> wrote:
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> --- andy.loukes@thecloud.net wrote:
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> What (if any) are the legal implications of taking internet destined
> traffic in one country and egressing it in another (with an ip block
> correctly marked for the correct country).
>
> Somebody mentioned to me the other day that they thought the Dutch
> government didn't allow an ISP to take internet traffic from a Dutch
> citizen and egress in another country because it makes it easy for the
> local country to snoop.
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> That's funny. I've always thought of the internet as a global, borderless
> entity where ideas and information are shared without restraint. Perhaps
> it's time to whap the gov't with a clue bat?
>
> scott
>
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