Re: Terminal room at IETF74

From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb at cs.columbia.edu>
To: John C Klensin <john-ietf at jck.com>
Cc: ietf at ietf.org
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:19:53 -0500
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On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:16:19 -0500
John C Klensin <john-ietf at jck.com> wrote:

> This should go on ISOC's list of things to whine to the new US
> administration about, along with visa request rejections because
> "attending the IETF isn't a good enough reason".
>
It's not just the US; other governments -- including the UK -- have
similar policies.  See, for example,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/150465.stm 
http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/arlaptop.htm

Not that ISOC shouldn't complain -- but it should complain to many
governments, and perhaps assorted EU commissions.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

References:
- Terminal room at IETF74
  - From: Dearlove, Christopher (UK)
- Re: Terminal room at IETF74
  - From: John C Klensin

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