Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net

[I Am Not An Isp <patrick () ianai net>]

At 05:54 PM 2/1/99 -0500, Dean Anderson wrote:

> This kind of monitoring is probably a direct violation of 18 USC 2511, as
> is a public announcement of the monitoring results. Indeed, at present, I'd
> say it appears to be the best example of an unauthorized 3rd party
> violation I've seen so far. (most [all previous] people don't admit
> details, but we know some do it). Unless of course you have authorization
> from norcal or all the recipients of those 2 million packets to monitor.
> Since norcal isn't your customer, I don't suppose you have any paper
> showing they gave you permission to collect and publish information about
> their traffic.

What type of monitoring are you talking about?  Or are you saying I cannot
filter packets through my network as I please?

>               --Dean

TTFN,
patrick

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