If you have nothing to hide

Sun Aug 4 16:20:34 UTC 2002

At 06:31 AM 8/4/2002 -0400, Sean Donelan wrote:
>I encourage network operators (or IX operators, DNS operators, etc) to let
>the government know what you think.  Mr. Clarke's crew is writing the
>plan, and taking input from many sources.  If you think RPF (or some other
>source address validation) is a solution let them know.  If you think
>S-BGP is a solution, let them know.  If you think network operator managed
>firewalls on every DSL/Cable modem is a solution, let them know. On the
>other hand, if to think some of those things are not a solution (or a
>really bad idea), tell them that.

These are technical operations matters.  Seems like there might be some 
benefit in formulating consensus views within the technical operations 
community.

Any chance that an IETF BCP would be possible and helpful?

Diverse input to a government process can be good for learning about 
choices, but consensus views should be helpful for making them.

d

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