[ale] firewalls... illegal? Cany anyone read legalese?

[Geoffrey]

Jonathan Rickman wrote:

> (ii) to conceal or to assist another to conceal from any communication
> service provider, or from any lawful authority, the existence or place
> of origin or destination of any communication

I believe there must be intent to conceal.  Also, as I nat a number of 
machines, my intent is not to conceal, but to reduce the cost of my 
service.  If I purchased 10-20 real ips from my isp, my monthly cost 
would go up dramatically.  Further, I'd suggest that as long as all 
communication from my home is transmitted through my isp's connection, 
I'm not breaking the law.  Point being, the connection is considered to 
be from my home to the isp, not from each computer in my home to the 
internet.  Now, my isp is aware of my nat, whereas, Bellsouth has a 
separate package for such efforts.

> 
> Over to Ed here, because he puts it so well:
> 
> "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.

Gee, there goes all that ssl credit card purchasing....


-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
Think about it...

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