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WeKnSmith
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Re: Insight AUP Violation
Just checking on us 2kmaro? Nice to see you back...
I think the point of the original post is to question what is/isn't acceptable use of the network.
Some things leave little question:
1. hosting a web site on http
2. game servers
3. ftp server (although I could see some users looking at it as a form of pcAnywhere/VNC)
4. providing mail service
the list goes on...
What about file sharing apps (Kazaa, Morpheus, Audio Galaxy) & remote connection programs (VNC, pcAnywhere, GoToMyPC, Remote Desktop in WinXP), etc...
I think there should be a distinct description of what is allowed, and what is not (P2P stuff...) | |
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| Usually there's a sharp distinction between usage of the programs you've listed.
Some are general purpose "everybody is welcome" type of programs/servers: http, ftp, mail, P2P of various types. Yes, even gaming.
But the "tunnel" applications are normally used by people in a very small, relatively unchanging group: VNC, pcAnywhere, Remote Anywhere etc.
A lot of restrictions are put on, I think, because of the end purpose of the application. Money is playing in to it also. The big stink about p2p is all of the copyright violations that take place through it. The problem isn't that this is something new - years ago I thought very little about making a copy of an album onto cassette tape and giving one to a close friend or family member. But the sheer scale of the sharing enabled by the internet has added a whole new dimension to it - and groups like the RIAA see it as a threat and are using their very deep pockets to limit it any way possible.
I tend to look at it this way: if it is for my PERSONAL use and convenience and not something I've put up so that the entire internet community can use it, then the provider shouldn't have a real problem with it. But if I crank up a mail server or start enabling FTP of a bunch of audio or video files, then I'd expect to be in over my head in short order.
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