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From: billw@puli.cisco.com (William )
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.osf.misc,comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.security.firewalls,comp.unix.admin,comp.org.usenix,comp.org.uniforum,comp.dcom.net-management,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.os.netware.misc,comp.os.os2.networking.tcp-ip,alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Communications Decency Act may corrupt protocols
Date: 13 Apr 1996 07:53:27 GMT
Organization: cisco Systems, Inc.
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Message-ID: <BILLW.96Apr13005327@puli.cisco.com>
References: <4ki6d6$ln7@newsserv.cs.sunysb.edu> <4kj4ki$s8b@doffen.uninett.no>
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NNTP-Posting-Host: puli.cisco.com
In-reply-to: jhupp@black.gensys.com's message of 11 Apr 1996 15:51:52 GMT
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.protocols.tcp-ip:43764 comp.unix.bsd.misc:717 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2956 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17212 comp.unix.osf.misc:3018 comp.unix.sco.misc:16188 comp.security.firewalls:1977 comp.unix.admin:40603 comp.org.usenix:5515 comp.org.uniforum:535 comp.dcom.net-management:2408 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:21990 comp.os.netware.misc:23991 comp.os.os2.networking.tcp-ip:47783 alt.dcom.telecom:16719

I believe that cisco was actually asked once, by an entity to remain
unidentified, whether our routers had the capability of filtering out
traffic that was politically unacceptable to that entity.

Sigh.  I didn't think it could happen here.

BillW