In message <20040217201751.5B25F5DDEA@segue.merit.edu>, "Tony Hain" writes:
The Internet has value because it allows arbitrary interactions where new applications can be developed and fostered. The centrally controlled model would have prevented IM, web, sip applications, etc. from ever being deployed. If there are any operators out there who still understand the value in allowing the next generation of applications to incubate, you need to push back on this tendency to limit the Internet to an 'approved' list of ports and service models.
Thank you. You've got it exactly right.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
I also agree. The RFC for mail was very well designed. If people simply stuck to the orginal RFC (~800 something) and managed more of their own small systems then this spam thing just wouldn't be the problem that it has become... would it? Cheers Don