XPost: alt.free.newsservers, alt.usenet.kooks   
   From: me@privacy.net   
      
   Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. wrote   
   >   
   > On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 18:40:03 -0500, coyo  wrote:   
   >   
   > >On 6/11/2014 6:25 PM, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> You should ping Jesse at Blueworld hosting. He knows all about   
   > >> what it takes because he's doing it. Although he's part of the   
   > >> problem, he's not so indoctrinated that he acts like an elitist   
   > >> jackbooted brown shirt (like Wolfgang Weyland aka Ray Banana of   
   > >> Eternal Sept.) as do most of the other free NSP admins.   
   > >   
   > >I see. I'm new to Usenet, so the only part of that that made sense to me   
   > >was Eternal September, which after a lot of hard work and diligence on   
   > >my part, I know to be a reference to scholastic neophytes flooding   
   > >Usenet and asking questions that have already been answered a hundred   
   > >times because the answers cannot be found.   
   > >   
   > >So I take it you do not approve of the closed and over-protective   
   > >attitude of Wolfgang "Banana" Weyland? One of my two best friends, who   
   > >is a network and electronics engineer, introduced me to Usenet   
   > >indirectly, and has emphasized security and defenses against the sorts   
   > >of criminals 419Eaters tend to target.   
   > >   
   > >I understand that slapping your lads can be important, but when it's to   
   > >the overall detriment of users and their digital rights, it crosses the   
   > >line from prudence into zealotry.   
   > >   
   > >I guess you and I may be seeing eye to eye on this. However, having a   
   > >more open peering policy opens myself to various spam attacks and   
   > >abuses. I'll have to be careful not to spread myself too thin. One of   
   > >the important parts of running an ISP is having a network operations   
   > >center, (NOC) that can quickly respond to abuses originating from their   
   > >own network, and respond quickly to requests to quell abusive traffic.   
   > >   
   > >Sometimes, the best thing you can do to prevent your own ISP from   
   > >getting blackballed is to nullroute suspicious traffic and then conduct   
   > >a full investigation.   
   >   
   > Hi Paul!!!!   
      
   No shit.   
      
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