At 07:31 PM 5/13/00 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Actually, there *ARE* important issues here.
>
> > Would the IESG support the creation of a WG to discuss these, with the
> > charter of producing a BCP documenting what *should* be done to minimize
> > these risks in today's internet?
>
>Tal
I am rather amused at how frequently attempts to solve a problem become
part of the problem.
I went on a "management communications" course once. One of the things I
remember was: "You have one mouth and two ears... use them in
corresponding proportion". Unfortunately, in e-mail, we have 10
At 12:24 AM 5/16/00 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Well, when we were designing the MIME spec, we went to great lengths
>to cover all the bases - in fact, I've seen one very good use of
>multipart/alternative by somebody with crippling RSI.
>
>He got into the habit of sending commentary to a mai
Hmmm... a new IETF working group does not a new standard make -- necessarily.
I would suggest clearly documenting the _requirements_ (or goals) for such
a protocol, publishing them as an Internet Draft, and see if anyone
expresses interest. Then you can have a debate about whether and why the
Should IETF do anything to fight the increasing incidences
of net criminality? Can we do anything? Can the protocols,
which IETF manages, be modified so as to make it easier
to fight virus distribution, mail bombing, ping attacks
and the other ways in which people are harassing the
Internet?
Or w
We should know that computer technology is as old as we wanted to
accept. The whole thing was not meant for public consumption until after
sometime. Now that it is in the public's domain, many are using the
system reasonably while others find joy in cracking into the system,
allow the crackers to
At 03:18 21.05.2000 +0200, Jacob Palme wrote:
>Should IETF do anything to fight the increasing incidences
>of net criminality?
Yes - make sure we have tools to establish trust.
Make it less necessary to "trust everyone to be nice".
> Can we do anything? Can the protocols,
>which IETF manages, b
Jacob Palme said:
<> Should IETF do anything to fight the increasing incidences
<> of net criminality? Can we do anything? Can the protocols,
<> which IETF manages, be modified so as to make it easier
<> to fight virus distribution, mail bombing, ping attacks
<> and the other ways in which people
Hi,
I would like to get some info on Active Network. Can somebody help ?
Narayanan.K,
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