At 13:00 2005-04-04, Jochen Kaiser scribed thusly: >This can be achieved by using an IDP system and blocking the >appropriate p2p protocol (I forgot which one. overnet?).
<education about IDP characteristics weeded out> >So as an ISP who shall grant best quality for all customers the >usage of a software based IDP may not be the appropriate way. "may not be the appropriate way" may well be the understatement of the year so far. *SIGH* If one reads ISP as IP Services Provider, then maybe blocking of certain services to force customers to use the "Service Provider"s so called "services" would be acceptable. Not even needed to mention the deteriorated quality such IDP deployment will cause. If they ever use the word "Internet" in their marketing, then somebody should educate them the hard way about the Internet's supposedly being an open network in the widest possible meaning. Will they ever learn? (...unassorted mutterings about who be the first ones up against the walls when the revolution comes...) Excuse me ranting, promise I'll crawl back where I came from and continue my abysmal lurking... -- . /Ake Nordin rootmoose & telia.com Duston Sickler: "There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't." _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
