RE: Clueless service restrictions (was RE: Anti-spam System Idea)

Sound like an any to any end to end signaling/control mechanism with authentication capabilities. Smell fishy (packet version of dial tone?) -----Original Message----- From: Alex Bligh [mailto:alex@alex.org.uk] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:48 PM To: Tony Hain; nanog@merit.edu Cc: Alex Bligh Subject: Re: Clueless service restrictions (was RE: Anti-spam System Idea) The real problem here is that there are TWO problems which interact. It is a specific case of the following general problem: * A desire for any to any end to end connectivity using the protocol concerned => filter free internet * No authentication scheme