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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Fwd: Re: Digital Island sponsors DoS attempt
> > ..., the broader standard of "unwelcome" is more > > widely applicable than the narrow standard of "illegal." > > This is where we arrive at "Acceptable Use", which is why it is > required. But these policies need to be propogated and enforced at > smaller points of intervention. That's vaporware at the moment. Until it's realized, senders must follow a universal standard for determining whether their traffic will be welcomed by receivers and intermediate systems whose AUP's aren't published in a mechanised form and with whom the sender has no direct relationship, or contract, or terms of service. And unlike a direct relationship where it's safe to simply enumerate the things which mustn't be done and then assert that, subject to revision of that list, everything else is OK; in the indirect, transitive case where the recipient is distant and their policy isn't known, it's only safe to err on the side of extreme politeness: send what you know to be welcome, and hold onto the rest.
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