Dear all;
Based on the previous discussion,
Jon In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Masataka Ohta ty
Jon ped:
Jon
Jon Is it fair if providers using iMODE or WAP are advertised
Jon to be ISPs?
Jon
Jon Is it fair if providers using NAT are advertised to be ISPs?
Jon
Jon My answer to both questions is
Jon
Jon No, while they may be Internet Service Access Providers and
Jon NAT users may be IP Service Providers, they don't provide
Jon Internet service and are no ISPs.
Jon
Jon i agree:
Jon in the UK, i would say that someone claiming internet access via WAP
Jon would be in breach of the trades description act.
Jon
Jon Any oppositions?
Jon
Jon not from here (for wap - i dont know enough about iMODE to comment)
and lack of oppsitions in the thread, I have drafted an attached ID.
However, IESG is blocking the publication of the ID (it is just an
Internet Draft, NOT an Informational RFC)!
IESG says they have not even saw the content, which means a lot of
time will be wasted further.
So, I post the draft to the Mailing List.
Any comments on the content of the draft? Comments for the blockage,
if any, should be given with a separate subject?
I hope IESG has not taken the obvious next step of the moderation
of the Mailing List.
Masataka Ohta
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INTERNET DRAFT M. Ohta
draft-ohta-isps-00.txt Tokyo Institute of Technology
July 2000
The Internet and ISPs
Status of this Memo
This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with
all provisions of Section 10 of RFC2026.
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Copyright (C) The Internet Society (May/1/2000). All Rights
Reserved.
Abstract
This memo gives definitions on the Internet and ISPs (Internet
Service Providers).
1. The Internet
The Internet is a public IP [1, 2] network globally connected end to
end [3] at the Internetworking layer.
2. ISPs
A network provider is an ISP, if and only if its network, including
access parts of the network to its subscribers, is a part of the
Internet.
As such, ISPs must preserve the end to end and globally connected
principles of the Internet at the Internetworking layer.
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A network provider of a private IP or non-IP network, which is
connected to the Internet through an application and/or transport
gateway is not an ISP.
Dispit the requirement of "global connectivity", a network provider
may use transparent firewalls to the Internet with no translation to
filter out a limited number of problematic well known ports of TCP
and/or UDP and can still be an ISP. However, if filtering out is a
default and only a limited number of protocols are allowed to pass
the firewalls (which means snooping of transport/application layer
protocols), it can not be regarded as full connectivity to the
Internet and the provider is not an ISP.
3. Security Considerations
While some people may think that filtering by application/transport
gateways offer some sort of security, they should recognize that
macro virus in e-mails can pass and are passing through all such
gateways.
4. References
[1] J. Postel, "Internet Protocol", RFC791, September 1981.
[2] S. Deering, R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6)
Specification", RFC2460, December 1998.
[3] B. Carpenter, "Architectural Principles of the Internet",
RFC1958, June 1996.
5. Author's Address
Masataka Ohta
Computer Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2-12-1, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, JAPAN
Phone: +81-3-5734-3299
Fax: +81-3-5734-3415
EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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6. Full Copyright Statement
"Copyright (C) The Internet Society (July/1/2000). All Rights
Reserved.
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