Hey, I am not sure if this is the question asked in the first email. If I found a RBN fishing site, and ask RBN to shutdown the site, appears to me that this will not be done...so I need to block all the RBN cyber space, or initiate a fight for a warrant?
I would prefer just block RBN sites... On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Keith Medcalf <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Reportedly started by someone operating under the name > >>> "Flyman," RBN is known as the mother of cybercrime among > >>> online investigators. François Paget, senior expert for > >>> the McAfee company, says that RBN began as an Internet > >>> provider and offered "impenetrable" hosting for $600 a > >>> month. This meant a guarantee that it would not give > >>> out information about its clients, no matter what > >>> business they were in. > > >> This is a commendable position and one that should be the > >> default for all businesses. Severe penalties (such as cutting > >> out of the tongue or cutting off hands) should be dealt to > >> anyone who releases private information without having first > >> ensured that such disclosure is in accordance with a properly > >> obtained court order issued by a competent court in a public > >> hearing (and no, administrative tribunals are not courts of law). > > > Wow. I always knew there existed some alternate universe where the > > RBN were actually the good guys. Didn't expect to find it so fast, > > and on nanog at that. > > Wasn't it Larry Flynt that said: "Because if its good enough to > protect a scumbag like me its sure darn good enough to protect > all of you". > > Without a warrant, there is an absolute right to privacy. > It continues to exist right up until either (a) one party chooses > to give up that privacy or (b) a third party arrives with a Court > Order. This is simply a covenant between two parties to preserve > that "private" state unless lawfully compelled by lawful process > otherwise. In other words, a covenant to adhere to the rule of > law and the courts in the event of any dispute between the parties > or any third party. It sure seems like a good thing to me -- and a > covenant I would hope anyone I do business adheres to. > > -- > () ascii ribbon campaign against html e-mail > /\ www.asciiribbon.org > > > > >
