Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

[Ben Browning <benb () theriver com>]

At 11:16 AM 6/24/2004, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:22:02 +0700, "Dr. Jeffrey Race" 
> <jrace () attglobal net>  said:
>
> > Not at all.  You can terminate for actions prejudicial to the safety 
> and security
> > of the system.   Has nothing to do with anti-trust.
>
> I suspect that the spammer can find a lawyer who is willing to argue the idea
> that the "safety and security" of the AS701 backbone was not prejudiced by
> the spammer's actions, unless AS701 is able to show mtrg graphs and the
> like showing that the spammer was actually sending enough of a volume to
> swamp their core routers....

Likewise, I imagine MCI could argue that the damage is to their core 
product; namely, the trust of other ISPs and their willingness to exchange 
traffic with MCI.

~Ben

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   Ben Browning <benb () theriver com>
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         WA Operations Manager
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