Mail trouble

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Thomas
> Mondoshawan Tate
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 2:27 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Mail trouble
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 12:18:42PM -0700, der.hans wrote:
> > Am 01. Aug, 2001 schwäzte Thomas Mondoshawan Tate so:
> >
> > require any client setup on the server side and servers and
> clients already
> > have the capabilities builtin. The problem is that ISPs won't offer it.
> > Stupid ISPs.
>
> Hrm... Maybe not *stupid* per se... I've a feeling most ISPs would rather
> support SSH and SSL on most of the services they provide, but if memory
> serves, national law prevents them from doing so (I could be wrong about
> this -- laws regarding cryptography, electronicially transferrable
> information, and the internet seem to change incredibly quickly, and with
> virtually no notice to voters or the public -- I don't remember
> the voters,
> nor the general public being informed about the DMCA, do you?).
> The absolute
> least thing an ISP would want is someone coming into their system using a
> stolen user password, right?
>
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I always thought it was RSA licensing fees.

besides - the important stuff (their own files), ISP's try to keep behind
firewalls.

;-)

Craig