Subject: Re: Blocking port 135? Date: Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 08:09:47AM -0500 Quoting Jack Bates (jbates@brightok.net):
Depends on why you block and interfere. Intention plays a large part according to law.
If people can sue McDonalds for hot coffee, everything is possible. I'm European, so this does not apply, but I'd try to be very careful in .us.
Many AUP/TOS aggreements have interesting no-server clauses.
Not mine. And, I generally think that with such AUPen, one gets something one step better than Minitel or I-Mode, which is not Internet. Yes, I'm one of those loud end-to-end guys.
- Setup detection systems and perform immediate contact on accounts that trigger the system to determine if it's legitimate or not. If not, bye bye.
That is wiretapping in Sweden, and illegal without a court order. I believe. Nobody has gone even close to taking it to court, and I stay far away from it.
Of course, this only stops outbound issues. It does nothing to prevent inbound, and in the event of a worm, you'd better make sure you have double and triple methodologies in place to stabalize your network.
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