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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!chi-news.cic.net!news-w.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!insync!news.hal-pc.org!usenet From: jhupp@black.gensys.com (Jeff Hupp) 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 Date: 11 Apr 1996 15:51:52 GMT Organization: Houston Area League of PC Users Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4kj9qo$4je@news.hal-pc.org> References: <4ki6d6$ln7@newsserv.cs.sunysb.edu> <4kj4ki$s8b@doffen.uninett.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: black.gensys.com X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.protocols.tcp-ip:43730 comp.unix.bsd.misc:706 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2914 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17139 comp.unix.osf.misc:3013 comp.unix.sco.misc:16128 comp.security.firewalls:1959 comp.unix.admin:40547 comp.org.usenix:5508 comp.org.uniforum:529 comp.dcom.net-management:2396 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:21965 comp.os.netware.misc:23876 comp.os.os2.networking.tcp-ip:47714 alt.dcom.telecom:16696 [sayre@cs.sunysb.edu:] > >In pursuit of ways to enforce the recently enacted Communications Decency >Act, which seeks to control indecent expression on the Internet and is >currently under legal challenge as unconstitutional, the U.S. Department >of Justice is apparently considering recommending that ALL packet traffic >on the Internet contain a bit or flag of some kind indicating its "decency" >status - it would be _integrated into the protocol architecture at the network >level_. > Think about it a minute. This is a wonderful idea, exactly what we need. It makes compliance so easy, and I would recommend 100% compliance! Any provider, at any level simply needs to set that bit in any packet they generate or forward. As they can't be sure what is in the packet they must assume that it may contain 'adult' material. This would be done in 'an abundance of caution' Soon those with filters to bar packets with the 'adult' bit set will decide that there is nothing on the internet, and go away. -- FreeBSD, turning PCs into workstations. Jeff Hupp <Jhupp@gensys.com> <http://gensys.com> PGP Public Key available at http://gensys.com or on the key servers