Black Hole Vixie/RBL
Bob Allisat
bob at fcn.net
Sat Nov 21 16:22:26 UTC 1998
Larry writes:
> You say that with a little too much chutzpah. I think you may be
> jumping the gun a bit. As long as your Bill of Rights includes
> provisions that allows the privacy of innocent netizens to be invaded
> there *will* be no Bill of Rights, IMHO.
>
> I'm betting on Paul :).
If you will carefully examine the
Digital Bill of Rights it garuantees
the privacy and security of citizens.
I quote:
+ The right to security and protection from forged
+ messages, covert message deletions and other illicit
+ obstructions.
+
+ The right to protection, should we so choose, from
+ mail bombing, automatic mailers, large, unrequested
+ file or data transfers and similar harassments.
*If* and only *if* the person
(as in the individual) chooses
to protect themselves. To do so
without the knowledge or consent
of the person is illegitimate.
I understand some system which
impliment RBL allow their clients
to choose setting the defaul to
OFF. That is completely reasonable.
However I understand that most
systems install RBL as the default.
This is unethical and unacceptable
in my opinion.
As for whether or not this matter
effects network operations I suspect
anyone unfairly placed on the RBL
list may argue otherwise.
Bob Allisat
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