[IP] more on So now the FTC is in on the act

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh@hserus.net>
Date: May 29, 2005 9:25:34 PM EDT
To: Phil Karn <karn@ka9q.net>
Cc: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] So now the FTC is in on the act


Would these recommendations be more to your taste, Phil? :)

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/5/47/34935342.pdf

This is a paper that I wrote a few months back, on spam issues in  
developing countries. Funnily enough, 99% of these are the same  
issues that people / ISPs etc face anywhere in the world, whether in  
the USA or in Nepal and Nigeria.

    suresh

Phil Karn wrote:

> Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
>
> > The FTC recommendations are remarkably like the ones that several  
> > ISP postmasters, working together, have adopted as a best current  
> > practice for ISPs, at MAAWG (http://www.maawg.org)
> Obviously the wrong people are working on those BCPs. I guess it's  
> time to get involved and show them both why port blocking is so  
> objectionable *and* that there are even better ways to accomplish  
> what they want without causing so much collateral damage.



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