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Re: tor


From: Adrian Chadd <adrian () creative net au>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:29:28 +0800

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Adrian Chadd<adrian () creative net au> wrote:
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
Rod - you wouldnt qualify as an ISP - or even a "provider of an
interactive computer service" to go by the language in 47 USC 230, by
simply running a TOR exit node.

Ah, but would an ISP which currently enjoys whatever the current definition
of "common carrier" is these days, running a TOR node, still be covered by
said provisions?

ISPs are not common carriers.  Geoff Huston is - as always - the guy
who explains it best.
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_5-3/uncommon_carrier.html

Fine; re-phrase my question as "an organisation currently enjoying common carrier
status."



Adrian
(Apologies for off-topic noise.)


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