On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 08:54:49AM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Satyam had a major problem with spam / mailbombs being sent to assorted > newsgroups from their IP space some 3..4 years ago - and to avoid being > blocked all over the place, decided to block all access to the nntp port > (and so, to newsgroups) from their IP.
I was reading something on the subject. In the US, ISPs are given Common Carrier status. The moment they start to do such things, they lose this status, and can be held liable for the conduct of their clients. Thus, if an ISP selectively blocks traffic, then that ISP can be sued if someone from his/her network cracks into yours. If he doesn't he is not responsible - in a similar way you cannot hold the Telephone carrier responsible for calls you receive, or the Postal Service for your snail mail. Anyone knows about similar laws in India? Binand -- Russian Roulette with Unix: while :; do kill $RANDOM &> /dev/null && break || sleep 1; done ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
