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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: end2end? (was: RE: Where NAT disenfranchises the end-user ...)
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Leo Bicknell wrote: > It also crosses an interesting legal line. If your an ISP customer > and it's ok for the ISP to read your data stream and alter it in > real time to provide NAT, why wouldn't it be legal for them to read > your e-mail in real time as it passes, and alter what you said? > The same boxes could do it. What makes it ok to alter an IP address > here and there, but not alter a word? Why are they different? Leo, let's not get crazy here. One is content, the other a content-delivery mechanism. Think about the post office. It's perfectly acceptable for them to stamp a forwarded address on the envelope to ensure it's delivery, but perfectly unacceptable to modify the content inside. I know you're being facetious, but come on... Andy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLC www.xecu.net xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed Access
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