Re: CRTC rules on Traffic Management Practices

[Joe Abley <jabley () hopcount ca>]

On 2009-10-21, at 12:14, Joe Abley wrote:

> On 2009-10-21, at 12:03, Michael Peddemors wrote:
>
> > The email marketing lobby already got the legislation watered down  
> > on the spam
> > front, but does this in essence say that ISP's are no longer  
> > allowed to block
> > email content, viruses et al?
>
> No more null-routing targets in your own network as a DDoS  
> mitigation technique?

Some better-informed person dropped me a note off-list, pointing me to  
the following. On the face of it it seems like consideration for this  
aspect has already been incorporated into the ruling.

> > ITMPs used for network security or employed temporarily to protect
> > network integrity
> >
> > 44.
> >         The Commission notes that Canadian ISPs have used certain ITMPs
> > for the purposes of network security and integrity. Specifically,  
> > these
> > ITMPs have been employed to protect users from network threats such  
> > as
> > malicious software, spam, and distribution of illicit materials. In  
> > the
> > Commission's view, such activities are unlikely to trigger  
> > complaints or
> > concerns under the Act and are a necessary part of an ISP's network
> > operations.
> >
> > 45.
> >         The Commission is therefore not addressing, in this decision,
> > ITMPs used only for the purpose of network security, nor those  
> > employed
> > temporarily9 to address unpredictable traffic events (e.g. traffic
> > surges due to global events and failures on part of an ISP's  
> > network) in
> > order to protect network integrity.