William Allen Simpson says, of the Verizon decision: wrote: >All this to learn the identity of a computer at a particular IP address. >Presumbly, Verizon will now be smart enough to say: "All of our IP >addresses are assigned using DHCP, and we have no record of the name >of any subscriber associated with an IP address."
Declan adds: >I was thinking along the same lines. This seems to be a market opportunity >for an Internet provider that keeps no IP address<->identity records for >more than a few minutes or hours. That would be a wise move. That would continue for about three weeks, and then we'd see a bill out of Congress demanding that ISPs retain identity for, oh, maybe seven years? Will Rodger Director Public Policy CCIA www.ccianet.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]