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From: pdchapin@unix.amherst.edu (PAUL D. CHAPIN)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.osf.misc,comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.security.firewalls,comp.unix.admin,comp.org.usenix,comp.org.uniforum,comp.dcom.net-management,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.os.netware.misc,comp.os.os2.networking.tcp-ip,alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Communications Decency Act may corrupt protocols
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Date: 11 Apr 1996 13:58:48 GMT
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Johannes Sayre (sayre@cs.sunysb.edu) wrote:
: No, this is not a joke.  This idea was bandied about when the CDA first
: appeared on the scene, generally by less clueful users.  Now apparently,
: the DoJ is seriously considering this idea.

Are you assuming that DoJ is not clueless?

While I generally have no problem with "truth in packaging"
approaches, this is clearly undoable in any fashion that doesn't
render it a farce.

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Paul Chapin
Unix Systems Manager
Amherst College