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On Sun, Nov 02, 1997 at 11:59:17AM -0600, Phil Howard wrote: > > In a world where the internet industry is becoming > > more and more like the telecoms industry, the > > necessity of users to have protocol level access > > to the network is diminishing, and the dangers > > of doing so are becoming greater. Which telcos > > will blithely hand out SS7 interconnects to > > users? Without (routable) IP access, there > > would be no SYN floods of distant networks, no > > source spoofing, less hacking, easier traceability, > > and the BGP table need only be OTO 1 entry per > > non-leaf node on a provider interconnection > > graph. > > That's why everyone is abandoning traditionals ISPs and going with proxy > providers like AOL. Um, "Huh, Phil?" Following the Boardwatch ISP directory, for just one source, seems to indicate otherwise. This is a fairly sweeping observation... on what sources do you base it? Replies redirected to [email protected] Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Pedantry. It's not just a job, it's an Tampa Bay, Florida adventure." -- someone on AFU +1 813 790 7592
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