Re: [Asrg] filtering at connect time

["Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace@attglobal.net>]

On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:18:14 -0800 (PST), Michael Marking wrote:

>It is certainly premature to assume that the net cost of one solution
>(such as eliminating open relays) exceeds or trails the net cost of
>another solution (such as content filtering). This is especially true in
>that one user's individual situation may differ greatly from that of
>others' situations. If there is not an extremely good and compelling
>reason to impose the values of the majority on everyone, then it is both
>unethical, and poor engineering, to do so.

I beg to add a perspective here that seems missing, which is that
society values the principle that each person must  be responsible
for his actions, and those causing injury must cover the losses,
not the victims.

This is a grave flaw with all the filtering technologies: it is
living in the "make the victims pay" world.      No proposal will
gather public acceptance which is based on the "make the victims
pay" model.   

The burden is rightly on the owners of the open relays, not on 
their victims.

Jeffrey Race

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