> > I vaguely recall a rule on the mailing list, lightly enforced, that > participants were expected to use their own real names. I believe the > grounds for it was that this is a professional forum intended to > facilitate discussion between professionals. Not some hackernet on the > dark web.
There is no such rule today, nor has there ever been one that I can ever remember. On Sat, Nov 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM William Herrin via NANOG < [email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 8, 2025 at 5:27 AM nanog--- via NANOG <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Perhaps those who call others "internet trolls" should > > reconsider whether their own behaviour is trolling. In > > the modern online environment, it is unwise to expose > > personal information needlessly. > > I vaguely recall a rule on the mailing list, lightly enforced, that > participants were expected to use their own real names. I believe the > grounds for it was that this is a professional forum intended to > facilitate discussion between professionals. Not some hackernet on the > dark web. > > Did the policy change at some point or am I misremembering it entirely? > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ASWZTY3TGATNYV4HANT5BR4VNC62AOC3/ _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A33DHYZMCGVR4MGTPI22MCBXEEDI7UJD/
