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Subject: RE: ISPs and clients (was A Lament)
From: Bret Alexander <bret @ alexa . co . uk>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 09:15:19 -0000
To: "'Rabid Wombat'" <wombat @ mcfeely . bsfs . org>
Cc: "'firewalls @ greatcircle . com'" <firewalls @ greatcircle . com>

Rabid Wombat wrote... 
> Since when are ISPs obligated to protect their clients? 

I'm not saying that ISPs should be obliged to protects their clients,
but given the nature of the relationship where the ISP is the
so called expert and the client is often relatively green then I think 
that the ISP could often do more to help.

Bret

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Bret Alexander
Alexander Consulting Limited
Internet and Computer Security Consulting
http://www.alexa.co.uk/alexa/



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