Stephane Bortzmeyer (bortzmeyer) writes:
>
> > that appears on most packaged foods in the States, that ISPs put on
> > their Web sites and advertisements. I'm willing to disclose that we
> > block certain ports [...]
>
> As a consumer, I would say YES. And FCC should mandates it.
... and if the FCC doesn't mandate it, maybe we'll see some
self-labelling, just like the some food producers have been
doing in a few countries ("this doesn't contain preservatives")
in the absence of formal regulation.
> Practically speaking, you may find the RFC 4084 "Terminology for
> Describing Internet Connectivity" interesting:
Agreed. Something describing Internet service, and breaking it
down into "essential components" such as:
- end-to-end IP (NAT/NO NAT)
- IPv6 availability (Y/N/timeline)
- transparent HTTP redirection or not
- DNS catchall or not
- possibilities to enable/disable and cost
- port filtering/throttling if any (P2P, SIP, ...)
- respect of evil bit
