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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Web caching liability
[email protected] wrote: > > On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Turnando Fuad wrote: > > > On a related note. > > > > 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? > > I think I would have to categorize this 3 ways. No 1, caching in > principle and, working properly, is probably not breaching any lines of > legality, even as they stand now, and commen sense tells us that's it's a > good thing (not to say that common sense would help you in, at least an > american, court of law.) No 2, what AOL has is what I refer to as > 'caching negligence'. They run a cache because it's good idea, but they > run it poorly, and fail to notice or respond when it screws up. Probably > the only people who have any legal recourse here are the AOL members, > and not web site operators, since it's due to the negligence of AOL that > the service for the members suffers. No 3 would be 'caching with So, go and get an aol account and start bitching. That's done easily enough and is a small price to pay to ensure that the kajilions of aol'ers see one's site properly. Granted, it's still hard not to envision aolusers as ebola victims on a bus on the info super duper highway. -- Paul R.D. Lantinga Sr. Network Engineer Verifone India Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore
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