[GRLUG] new Comcast mail blocking?

[Rob Steenwyk]

Give me 25 or give me death will be the battle cry of the new Linux Republic
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Rob Steenwyk
rsteenwyk at gmail.com


On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Collin Kidder <adderd at kkmfg.com> wrote:

> Don Wood wrote:
> > Packet arrives at Comcast gateway.
> >
> > Comcast: Welcome to Comcast! Are your papers in order?
> > Comcast: Are you here on business? Or for pleasure?
> >
> > Packet: I'm not sure sir. I was only told where to go.
> >
> > Comcast: Halt! (Comcast pulls out pistol wildly!)
> > Comcast: Up against the wall for inspection!
> >
> > (Comcast looks packet over very closely and though no contraband is
> found, packet is found to be suspicious and herded onto a cattle car headed
> for dreaded camp /dev/null
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> You know what they say: "The internet treats censorship as damage and
> routes around it." But, in this case, what will happen is that people
> will start to use other non-standard ports for things and/or they'll
> just tunnel packets through other channels (such as VPN.) Of course,
> this is already occurring. Eventually comcast will probably totally
> block encrypted traffic. The war will just continue to escalate until
> someone talks some sense into these people.
>
> Port blocking is just plain stupid. It's the same thing as the draconian
> new laws we're seeing in response to terror. Oh, we got bombed, time to
> take away personal liberty! Except this is "Oh, we got spammed, time to
> block legitimate ports!" Where is Benjamin Franklin when you need him?
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