On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Kurt Erik Lindqvist wrote:
On 2004-08-05, at 02.06, Tony Hain wrote:
The IETF will never resolve the tension between the network administrator and the system administrator. That is a local CIO function in each organization. It is reasonable for the security considerations section to have a balanced discussion of the issues, but biasing recommendations toward the network admin is not a valid function for the IETF.
I was arguing for including the considerations into the security considerations, not for recommending to turn it off. So I think we agree.
I completly agree with Kurt. I would document why RFC3041 can be harmful, let the decision to the local network administrator. - Who is ultimately responsible for finding the abusive hosts...
Regards,
Janos Mohacsi Network Engineer, Research Associate NIIF/HUNGARNET, HUNGARY Key 00F9AF98: 8645 1312 D249 471B DBAE 21A2 9F52 0D1F 00F9 AF98
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