Andy Dills wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr.
wrote:
Jeff Shultz wrote:
But ultimately, _you_ are responsible for your
own systems.
Even if the water company is sending me 85%
TriChlorEthane?
Right. Got it. The victim is always responsible.
There you have it folks.
Change the word "victim" to "negligent party" and
you're correct.
Ignoring all of the analogies and metaphors, the
bottom line is that ISPs
are _not responsible_ for the negligence of their
customers, and that ISPs
are _not responsible_ for the _content_ of the
packets we deliver. In
fact, blocking the packets based on content would
run counter to our sole
responsibility: delivering the well-formed packets
(ip verify unicast
reverse-path) where they belong.
Remember, we're service providers, not content
providers. Unless your AUP
or customer contract spells out security services
provided (most actually
go the other way and limit the liability of the
service provider
specifically in this event), then your customers
have to pay you to secure
their network (unless you feel like doing it for
free), or they are
responsible, period.
As far as I'm concerned, that guy would have a
better shot at suing
Microsoft then challenging his bandwidth bill.
Andy
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Xecunet, Inc.
www.xecu.net
301-682-9972
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How many more of these do I need, do you think?
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