[LINK] Optus@Home moves to outlaw pirates

[Rachel Polanskis]

On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Michael Still wrote:

> > Are they going to LOOK into everyone's email and data transfers?
> 
> I agree -- the idea strikes me as half baked at best. I can't imagine that
> it is trivial to be able to monitor large data streams like FTP transfers.
> Do you monitor the FTP port? Then I just use a new port number or my own
> protocol. I also can not imagine a system that can identify commercial
> software reliablty. Do you finger print MS Office, then the baddies just
> encrypt it.
> 
> I imagine that the procesing requirements to keep up with packets on a
> fast netowkr would be pretty impressive as well.

Postings to newsgroups are apocryphal at best.   ZD should be 
checking the facts before running up articles based on postings 
to newsgroups.  

No one I work with seems to know much about this, especially tech folk 
in a position to comment.  I will see if I can find out the facts.

BTW, I must add - this posting is my own opinion only - not that
of my employer!!!!


rachel

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