On Sep 6, Barb Dijker <barb@netrack.net> wrote:
-Validate new users through an anti-spam bureau
Good idea -- though, as you point out, it gets into sticky privacy issues as well as a number of other things. I've seen ideas very similar to this one proposed a number of times, but the conversation usually ends when everybody realizes that it's out of their realm of expertiese. If you really want to make this happen, contact companies that do similar things for other industries -- for example, the cellular phone industry, satellite TV, that kind of thing. If somebody actually starts this ball rolling, I'm sure a lot of dial-up type ISP's will join in. And, use another mailing list to discuss it, 'cause it's not within the charter of NANOG. *grin* ********************************************************* J.D. Falk voice: +1-415-482-2840 Supervisor, Network Operations fax: +1-415-482-2844 PRIORI NETWORKS, INC. http://www.priori.net "The People You Know. The People You Trust." *********************************************************