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List:       firewalls-gc
Subject:    legal stuff
From:       z056716 () uprc ! com (LaCoursiere J !  D !  (Jeff))
Date:       1994-12-30 10:53:52
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> It will be interesting to see whether everyone supplying dialup SLIP access
> will also be vulnerable to charges of "harboring hackers" because they don't
> police the content of packets.  Of course ISPs don't want to be packet police,
> but then by the same token neither do some institutions.  Perhaps one can
> trust the legislatures or some court to draw some distinctions between carriers
> without substantial AUPs and institutions with AUPs.  Or perhaps that's just
> too hard to do, and the future contracts for SLIP service will include some
> AUP clauses and permission to spy packets under some circumstances.
> 

Perhaps we should put the Gun shop owners in jail for selling guns to
murderers.  Or perhaps we should only sell Internet accounts to people
who have SLIP licenses :->


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