On 02/28/2015 09:53 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
...Spam, the slang term for unsolicited bulk email (UBE), is a form of
denial-of-service attack and may/should be treated in the same way as
other DoS attacks. ---rsk
47CFR§8.11(d) Reasonable network management. A network management
practice is reasonable if it is appropriate and tailored to achieving a
legitimate network management purpose, taking into account the
particular network architecture and technology of the broadband Internet
access service.
Classic FCC wordsmithing, and seems to cover the DoS case nicely when
you look through the rest of §8 for instances of the term 'reasonable
network management.'
Yes, it is amorphous, ambiguous, and all those things regulations
usually are. (Like being up for interpretation.) It remains to be seen
whether §8 will survive appeal.
