Le lundi 31 décembre 2018 à 14:16 +1100, Martin Thomson a écrit : > no hats... > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2018, at 06:14, David Bird wrote: > > I, for one, think "Document that the signaling protocol does not > > provide > > mechanisms for non-binary blocking." is where IETF tries to become > > a some > > sort of legal authority... > > The IETF describes what consenting protocol participants can do. So, > I'm fairly sure that legal authority has no bearing on > this. However, your point remains a good one.
Let's be honest and cut the crap. Binary blocking does not exist. No one with an ounce of technical know- how will ever implement such a thing. A plane/train portal will provide free access to the train/plane live location map, a school will provide free access to the school library website and class schedules, a corp will provide free access to the corp internal webapps, an internet cofee will provide free access to its commercial portal with remaining time counter, parental controls will provide free access to Disney comics, and so on. Tech stuff documentation, including portal documentation, is online by defaut nowadays. Even lightbulbs and toasters can have their own webpage. Pretenting a network equipment will not in 2018 is utter dishonest technical bullshit. That's not consensus at work that's capture by special interests. Normalising binary blocking is as idiotic as normalising that home doors have no locks because some ultra marginal rural neighborhoods can afford not to lock their doors (Guess what? They buy doors with locks like everyone else. They just choose not to use them. And even when they do not lock their main door they *will* lock the shed containing dangerous sharp instruments in presence of small children). When the IETF tries to pretend, that the default is different from the one any last year IT student will naturally implement, it is taking a political not technical stance. It is sabotaging its own standards. It is discrediting itself as a neutral technical authority. -- Nicolas Mailhot _______________________________________________ Captive-portals mailing list Captive-portals@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/captive-portals
