From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Apr 4 8:51:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mail.gtw.net (mail.gtw.net [208.33.253.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B0F9637B71A for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2001 08:51:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@day-light.com) Received: (qmail 23187 invoked from network); 4 Apr 2001 15:51:46 -0000 Received: from 37.pm3.gtw.net (HELO w1) (63.161.82.37) by mail.gtw.net with SMTP; 4 Apr 2001 15:51:46 -0000 Reply-To: From: "John Brooks" To: Subject: RE: Chasing the kiddies (was: Named Keep crashing) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 10:49:34 -0500 Message-ID: <000601c0bd1e$dc28bde0$0b00a8c0@dle> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <001b01c0bd1b$0b242a20$1805010a@epconline.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Imagine the government beauracracy necessary to administer something like this. Consider the consequences, who gives the licenses, who establishes the criteria, who enforces, who makes the decisions, etc. Who will then protect you from retaliation if you published something this beauracracy didn't like. Sometimes it's good to think these things through. We'd have to call this BIGGER Brother ;-) -- John -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Chuck Rock Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 10:22 AM To: Bob Martin Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Chasing the kiddies (was: Named Keep crashing) How about getting a license to put a machine on the public network so you have to abide by "rules" for security, and if you are shown to screw up, and not maintain your security, your license is revoked, and your pulic IP's are then taken out of routes so they can't be accessed until you prove your worthiness again, or someone fixes it. How many people are allowed to connect any computer they want to the public network, and cause harm to some or all the other users on that network. Kinda like driving a car, only the consequences aren't necesarily deadly. If you misconfigure BGP, you can effective screw up a large part of the Internet, this kind of power should not be given lightly. My 2 cents, Chuck Rock EPC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message