Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-30 Thread David Lesher
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered: > > > Uhm, I don't think you can blame the legislators for this one. Almost > identical legislation being introduced in six different states? I suspect > an outside influence was involved in drafting the proposed legislation. > It i

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-29 Thread Lars Erik Gullerud
On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 02:24, David Schwartz wrote: > The laws require an "intent to" "conceal" the "origin or > destination". NAT would not count, as the intent is to share a scarce > resource, not to conceal the origin or destination -- the origin is > only concealed to the extent neces

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread David Schwartz
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:47:25 -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]@whenever>, >David Schwartz writes: >>On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:06:56 -0500, blitz wrote: >>>If it is, it reveals how utterly clueless our legislators really >>>are >>The text I saw talks about a d

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]@whenever>, David Schwar tz writes: > >On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:06:56 -0500, blitz wrote: > >>If it is, it reveals how utterly clueless our legislators really >>are > > The text I saw talks about a device's "primary purpose". I'm not sure what text you saw.

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread David Schwartz
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:06:56 -0500, blitz wrote: >If it is, it reveals how utterly clueless our legislators really >are The text I saw talks about a device's "primary purpose". The primary purpose of NAT is not to hide anything, it's to allow multiple connections to share a scarce re

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Richard Irving
tructural integrity of the composition of the pavement, and where the road is -=leading=-. (Back on topic, Ma'am ? ;) > -Original Message- > From: Tomas Daniska [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:09 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Scott Weeks
My apologies, I accidentally hit ^X instead of ^K when editing an eamil. I was going to make a smartass comment, included below, just not to the whole NANOG community. Apologies, scott : : Did you know that man's genomes are roughly 98% Simian ? So, randy was correct the other week about ne

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Scott Weeks
: self preservation of the species... : : * Greed * : : Did you know that in Africa, there is a humane monkey trap : that has been used for countless ages... : : Sun Flower seeds in an empty coconut shell, securely mounted. : : With a narrow opening in the top of the shell, the monkey reache

RE: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Ejay Hire
EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: is this true or... ? http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8595 -- Tomas Daniska systems engineer Tronet Computer Networks Plynarenska 5, 829 75 Bratislava, Slovakia tel: +421 2 58224111, fax: +421 2 5822419

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Richard Irving
Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 02:07:24PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:59:02 EST, Richard Irving said: > > > Sean Donelan wrote: > > > > identical legislation being introduced in six different states? I suspect > > > > an outside influence was invol

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Richard Irving
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:59:02 EST, Richard Irving said: > > Sean Donelan wrote: > > > identical legislation being introduced in six different states? I suspect > > > an outside influence was involved in drafting the proposed legislation. > > Now, -that's- using your no

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 02:07:24PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:59:02 EST, Richard Irving said: > > Sean Donelan wrote: > > > identical legislation being introduced in six different states? I suspect > > > an outside influence was involved in drafting the proposed legis

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:59:02 EST, Richard Irving said: > Sean Donelan wrote: > > identical legislation being introduced in six different states? I suspect > > an outside influence was involved in drafting the proposed legislation. > > Now, -that's- using your noodle. > >With just a little

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Richard Irving
Sean Donelan wrote: > On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, blitz wrote: > > If it is, it reveals how utterly clueless our legislators really are > > At 15:09 3/28/03 +0100, you wrote: > > >http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8595 > Uhm, I don't think you can blame the legislators for this one. Almost > ident

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Sean Donelan
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, blitz wrote: > If it is, it reveals how utterly clueless our legislators really are > > At 15:09 3/28/03 +0100, you wrote: > >http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8595 Uhm, I don't think you can blame the legislators for this one. Almost identical legislation being introd

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Richard Irving
How do like this recent rounds of bureaucrats attempting to make lawsh-r-m ? A: IMHO:This should be officially declared, "out of their jurisdiction". of such small municipalities... it is sort of like having a Nurse make the judgment call during a delicate heart surgery. It takes a

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread blitz
If it is, it reveals how utterly clueless our legislators really are At 15:09 3/28/03 +0100, you wrote: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8595 -- Tomas Daniska systems engineer Tronet Computer Networks Plynarenska 5, 829 75 Bratislava, Slovakia tel: +421 2 58224111, fax: +421 2 58224199

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Scott W Brim
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 09:35:09AM -0600, Jack Bates allegedly wrote: > Without looking it up (a little busy), there should be a Definitions > section defining communications service provider. Is the bill aimed at > ISP's or is it aimed at the actual Telco? Also "a communication".

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Steven M. Be llovin" writes: > >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Steven M. B >e >llovin" writes: >> >>In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Toma >s >> >>Daniska" writes: >>> >>> >>>http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8595 >>> >> >>freedom-to-tinker.com, which is the so

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread batz
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: :Now, given the anti-NAT and anti-VPN tendencies of some :broadband ISPs, I'm not necessarily thrilled, but it's not quite the :same as was originally suggested. Selling bandwidth is like selling water in that it isn't terribly profitable unless

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jack Bates writes: >Steven M. Bellovin wrote: >> but there may be session state -- it's bill HB 2121) only criminalizes the >> conduct if it's done "with intent to harm or defraud a communications >> service provider". Now, given the anti-NAT and anti-VPN tendencie

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Jack Bates
Steven M. Bellovin wrote: but there may be session state -- it's bill HB 2121) only criminalizes the conduct if it's done "with intent to harm or defraud a communications service provider". Now, given the anti-NAT and anti-VPN tendencies of some broadband ISPs, I'm not necessarily thrilled, but it

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Steven M. Be llovin" writes: > >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tomas > >Daniska" writes: >> >> >>http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8595 >> > >freedom-to-tinker.com, which is the source cited by your link, is >indeed Ed Felten's. And I trust Ed. > It's been

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Alfredo Sola
> >http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8595 While they are at it, it would be nice if a carefully applied lobbying could transform that into something that made more sense security-wise. After dealing with one too many DDoS attacks, I would gladly mantain storage of a few week

Re: is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tomas Daniska" writes: > > >http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8595 > freedom-to-tinker.com, which is the source cited by your link, is indeed Ed Felten's. And I trust Ed. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)

is this true or... ?

2003-03-28 Thread Tomas Daniska
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8595 -- Tomas Daniska systems engineer Tronet Computer Networks Plynarenska 5, 829 75 Bratislava, Slovakia tel: +421 2 58224111, fax: +421 2 58224199 A transistor protected by a fast-acting fuse will protect the fuse by blowing first.