Re: Suggestion for NANOG Meeting

[David Schwartz <davids () wiznet net>]

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Mike Leber wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Eric D. Madison wrote:
> > As a carrier, I know that we should not and can not filter/censor/monitor
> > any content on our "pipes".
>
> So you would ignore one of your customers SYN attacking random victims on
> the net?   Or one of your T3 customers ping bombing somebody with a T1?

        That's not content. The term 'content' excludes time, place, and 
manner. Blocking a SYN attack is about regulating the manner in which 
people can exchange content, not the content they exchange.

        DS

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