Steve Shapery wrote:
>
> All they (yes, they, not he.. there were 6 concurrent users abusing
> the service with P2P and Bittorrent sessions) cared about was their warez.
>
> So, if anyone asks, the Normal Heights node is offline due to abuse.
I've been meaning to get involved in Socalfreenet for some time, and the
abuse issue is the #1 reason I've been putting it off. I know it's an
uncomfortable topic, but I have no experience in providing IP
connectivity to the public and would like the benefit of the group's
experience.
Basically, I'm happy to volunteer my time, expertise and home network
connection (Speakeasy) to help others -- but not if it'll get ME in trouble.
Speakeasy is more enlightened and geek-friendly than your average ISP.
Not many ISPs officially let you resell or even share your connection
with your neighbors. But there's a catch:
>As a NetShare Admin, you are responsible for all traffic taking place
>on your circuit, whether generated by yourself or your NetShare
>Customers. This covers abuse, reasonable use, etc.
I emailed Speakeasy and asked what this meant. I said that my neighbors
are all good people as far as I know. But suppose one of my IP addresses
shows up where it shouldn't and the FBI sends them a subpoena (or one of
those "national security letters" we've been hearing so much about).
Would Speakeasy at least explain that I share my connection as they rush
to be cooperative?
No response.
In a world where most people never set WiFi passwords, and where botnets
relay 80-90% of all spam and grow to 50K-100K nodes each, one would
*think* that a mere IP address wouldn't constitute probable cause for a
raid or a RIAA lawsuit. But one would be wrong.
What do you do about this beyond making users agree to an acceptable use
policy? Who owns the public IP addresses that they use? Has anybody ever
been contacted by law enforcement about a Socalfreenet user, and were
they reasonable or heavy handed about it? What about Speakeasy -- are
they reasonable, or do they just cut you off?
Thanks,
--Phil
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