In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Danny Iacovou writes:
>Steven M. Bellovin writes:
>>
>> Right. On the other hand, the AP reports that a French-government
>> sponsored bill would bar anonymous posting to the net. For details,
>> see http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500207446-500289602-5015
>71097-0,00.html
>
> But should the IETF be fighting this fight? Does the IETF send someone
> to France in hopes of convincing politicians not to do this? Do we have
> the most convincing tongues? The strength of the IETF is in technology.
>
> Right now we don't even have enough resources to go back and update
> RFCs with augmented notes stating how popular implementations differ
> from spec.
>
I wasn't suggesting that we should fight it; I was merely citing it as
an example of governments following their own agendas, regardless of
the underlying technologies.
--Steve Bellovin
