Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 11:52:35 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), gary@eyelab.psy.msu.edu (Gary Schrock), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On hub.freebsd.org refusing to talk to dialups Message-ID: <199909261052.LAA23749@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 24 Sep 1999 11:47:46 PDT." <199909241847.LAA03621@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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> > Basically, I think not allowing ISP's to allow the Dialup lines to
> > forward email as a good thing, but for them to limit was businesses do
> > with their IP traffic is simply too big brother'ish, no matter what
> > their contract states.
>
> If _we_ don't start to do something about it, big brother _is_ going
> to do something about it. Trust me on this one, being a member of the
> USPA I know that we are far better off implementing our own (as ISP's)
> set of safe gaurds that help eliminate certain undesirable behavior.
[.....]
I think it's up to the ISP what default policies they have, and I
also think that this sort of policy is a good default... but only as
long as the ISP allows exceptions. As a paying subscriber with a
clean record I *must* be allowed to ask for a hole through your
firewall.
This protects both sides.
> --
> Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net
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