On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Mark Andrews <[email protected]> wrote:
> > In message <[email protected]>, David > Conrad writes: > > It would seem that as ISPs implement DPI and protocol-specific traffic > > shaping, they damage the arguments that they can make claiming they > > have "common carrier" status with the inherent immunities that status > > provides. I can hear the argument now: if an ISP can throttle > > BitTorrent (or whatever) for specific nodes, why can't they also limit > > the source addresses of packets coming from those nodes? > > They can and should. I suspect many of them do as they > usually apply these filters to home networks. > > BCP 38 is ~10 years old now. It should have been factored > into the purchasing decision of all the current equipement. > If it wasn't then the operator was negligent. > > Mark > > BCP 38 isn't a license, it's a technique. -- Martin Hannigan [email protected] p: +16178216079
