Use a Firewall, Go to Jail?

[Jeremy Fowler]

Unfortunately it's very true. The law is being written in Texas and hasn't past
yet. However, similar laws that pick up where the DMCA left off and are more
strict than the DMCA itself have already past in four states without anyone
noticing.

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-994667.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30003.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
> [mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Brian Densmore
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 8:18 AM
> To: KCLUG
> Subject: RE: Use a Firewall, Go to Jail?
>
>
> Dude, all our bosses are getting a CELL!
> ROFLMAO
> [pauses, thinks remembers laughing when they
>  recommended extending the copyright ...
>
> I seriously doubt this would have a prayer of passing in any state
> except Oregon.
> First I have heard of this. Probably another hoax thing that some really
> stupid
> politician will get wind of and try to make into a law. Fortunately
> though, there
> is not one company in the US dumb enough to support so dumb a law.
> Without corporate
> support it won't fly if indeed it is anything other than an April fools'
> day joke.
>
> peace,
> Brian
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Herrmann [mailto:kclug at ItDepends.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 11:56 PM
> > To: KCLUG
> > Subject: Use a Firewall, Go to Jail?
> >
> >
> > Have any of you heard about this issue, and know if it is based in
> > reality or paranoia?  It's sound totally assinine and
> > unenforcable, but
> > I thought I would ask.
> >
> > Discuss,
> > Jim
> >
> >
> > Use a Firewall, Go to Jail?
> >
> > "The states of MA,TX, SC, FL, GA, AK, CO, & TN are preparing
> > to consider
> > bills that apparently are intended to extend the national Digital
> > Millennium Copyright Act...bills would flatly ban the
> > possession, sale,
> > or use of technologies that 'conceal from a communication service
> > provider...' Your ISP is a communication service provider, so
> > anything
> > that concealed the origin or destination of any communication
> > from your
> > ISP would be illegal - with no exceptions. If you send or
> > receive your
> > email via an encrypted connection, you're in violation,
> > because the 'To'
> > and 'From' lines of the emails are concealed from your ISP by
> > encryption...Worse yet, Network Address Translation (NAT), a
> > technology
> > widely used for enterprise security, operates by translating
> > the 'from'
> > and 'to' fields of Internet packets, thereby concealing the source or
> > destination of each packet, and hence violating these bills. Most
> > security 'firewalls' use NAT, so if you use a firewall, you're in
> > violation."
> > http://freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000336.html
> >
> >
> >
> > majordomo at kclug.org
> >
>
>
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