RE: [SOT Rant] Non-hostile probes / opt-in/out

[James Thomason <james () divide org>]

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Am I a terrorist now too?

On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Dan Hollis wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Mike Batchelor wrote:
> > > <rant>
> > >   Digital Island is certainly not alone in their practice of
> > > assuming an opt-in stance.
> > I think you know that for an operation like Digital Island or Akamai, asking
> > every network operator permission to probe is for all practical purposes,
> > impossible.  Insisting on opt-in is insisting on these companies going out
> > of business, or not even starting up at all.
>
> I wonder if Digital Island "probes" .mil sites.
>
> -Dan
> -- 
> [-] Omae no subete no kichi wa ore no mono da. [-]