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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Web caching liability
On Fri, Jan 02, 1998 at 08:23:00AM -0800, Turnando Fuad wrote: > I would be curious to the liability issues surrounding the use of web > proxy servers and Cisco Cache engines. ISP/NSPs traditionally only > forwards packets or are at least responsible to a certain degree for > resolution of IP addresses from DNS and routers. The use of these web > cache technologies allows ISP/NSPs to now *intelligently determine* what > data the requesting client receives. With web proxy server, at least the > client is aware(we hope) that data is being cached but the Cisco Cache > engine makes that process transparent. As we are all well aware, these > intelligent implementations don't always work. It seems that we are on > slippery grounds making content decisions for end user requests. And > doesn't it become even messier with the suggested/proposed web caching at > the MAEs or at the NSP level? It may well be worse than that, depending on judicial interpretations of the Cubby and Stratton-Oakmont cases. I suspect that S-O wouldn't apply to this circumstance, but who can tell what a judge will think. Cheers, -- jr 'oh, yeah: Happy New Year!' -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592
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