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Refalm:
This news is indirectly connected to Microsoft. However, it's important enough to place here:

The Inquirer: Firewalls set to become illegal in many American states.

 
quote:Arron Rouse: (...) the various states bills all require the banning the use of any technology that conceals "the existence or place of origin or destination of any communication." It doesn't take much to think that firewalls, routers, network address translators and many other pieces of standard kit all do exactly that. Unless the bills are radically changed, the Internet could effectively become useless in those states.
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Freedom to tinker: Use a firewall, go to jail.

 
quote:Edward W. Felten: Both bills would flatly ban the possession, sale, or use of technologies that "conceal from a communication service provider ... the existence or place of origin or destination of any communication". 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.
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quote:Edward W. Felten: Most operating system products (...) would also apparently be banned, because they support connection sharing via NAT.
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quote:Edward W. Felten: Similar bills are on the table in South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alaska, Tennessee, and Colorado.
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Comment: Let's hope that these lawmakers put there heads out of their arses and actually start to listen to people who actually know what a modern computer does.

[ March 29, 2003: Message edited by: Refalm ]

slave:
I'm moving to another country   :(

mc0282:
i'm moving to another country too. this laws are  becoming very pathetic, what is going to be next ? you can't fart because is going to damage the air.

Brad:
Maybe I'm wrong.. but to me it sounds like they are trying to eliminate IP spoofing, not firewalls.

Pissed_Macman:
North Pole, here I come!

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