I would like to propose that the IAB consider drafting and adopting a
position statement on the highly deleterious effect that certain
anti-spam mechanisms have on legitimate, efficient uses of the Internet.
I am thinking mainly of the MAPS DUL (Dialup User List), a remarkably
ill-conceived mec
>For the record, I'm sitting at this instant in Tokyo Station, and am on my
>way from Narita to Yokohama. I am sitting in the green car, and I accessed
>the appropriate web page.
So, was it worth the extra 2,340 yen? :-)
We bought 2nd class tickets in car 7, but were still able to
occasionally h
The story just hit Slashdot -- Senators Hollings, Stevens, Inouye,
Breaux, Nelson, and Feinstein have introduced the so-called "Consumer
Broadband and Digital Television Act of 2002", formerly known to most
of us as the SSSCA. The text of Hollings' comments are available here:
http://www.politech
>What's really ironic in your mentioning this (in a deju vu thread) is
>that the Dow first hit and closed above 10,000 when we were here in
>1999. I remember watching for it on (probably) the same sign.
Gee, you noticed this too, huh?
As for the "US-centric" accusations, I have no problem with
Well, here I am at the Minneapolis IETF. And I'm overwhelmed by a sense
of deja vu.
Having to stay at the Marquette hotel 3+ blocks away because, living
on the west coast, I'm at least 50 milli-light-seconds farther away
than most of the people contending for the token number of on-site
hotel roo
e problem, and we hope it will be fixed soon.
My apologies for not catching this sooner, as I had modified all my
own servers long ago to not do this brain-damaged inverse lookup.
Phil Karn
coverage is excellent within the Embassy Suites atrium, while
coverage at the Hilton is best near the bar. At the Hilton, the
802.11 access point and HDR terminal can be seen in a display case just
outside the bar.
Problems and questions can be directed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phil Karn
>IP over NAT is, in no way, end-to-end.
>WAP and IP over NAT are equally bad.
I think you're overstating your case. Yes, IP over NAT is bad, but
it's nowhere near as bad as WAP. I don't meant to defend NAT, but
many/most existing Internet protocols and applications do work over it
with few if an
I've worked in the wireless data field for a long time, first in
amateur packet radio, then on CDMA digital cellular at Qualcomm.
Naturally, what I say here are only my personal opinions.
I also scratched my head when WAP came out. It just didn't make any
technical sense. I see I'm not the only o
>I think we recognize this may be politically infeasable for many
>people to do, because tunneling is often used to circumvent
>administrative restrictions, but that really is a different degree of
>the problem.
Bingo. I tunnel because my cable modem provider requires residential
users to use DHC
>Yes, and you chose the CORRECT solution. Think about it... VPN in most
>cases also means encryption, and at that probably back to a central
>site.
Yes, I often use encryption, but not to a central site. Generally I
apply it at the application layer (SSH/SSL) so the peer is whoever I happen
to be
>tomorrow demands. And, agreed, bogus source IPs _does_ at present time
>look like nothing but the devils work. But in, say, 10 years a new flashy
>techology could be requiring that you have the ability to stamp packets with
>other IPs than your own. Unfortunately, back in year 2000, somebody put
>> directing a beam of invisible light produced by a hand-held laser
>this is exercise for cats that can see "invisible light"
>I suppose that is a special case that deserves a patent
Actually, no. If you read the patent, you'll see that the light
remains invisible only until it hits an opaque
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