On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 07:57:57 +1300, Dan Langille wrote:
On 16 Nov 2000, at 7:48, Gordon Smith wrote:
Hopefully, Govt will actually think (rare concept) and consult the industry before putting something in place that makes our lives even more difficult. After all, if you have a fully meshed network, do you really want to introduce single points of failure just so GCSB/SIS/Police/(insert dept here) can sniff traffic?
In some cases, the opposition may be more help than the government. They actually have a net-savy person in there, David Farrar (admission: yes, I know him). So if the government does start proposing things which are actually unworkable, it may make sense to let both the government and the opposition know what the problems are.
I lurk on this list also :-) I don't see this as a party political issue but certainly have an interest in making sure any legislation is both technically feasible and desirable. There has been some talk of a meeting in probably Auckland where ISP technical staff could talk with Minister/MPs and Advisers on these issues to try and obtain a win/win outcome. I think this is a laudable idea and will be happy to try and ensure the Opposition members of the Select Cmte would be there. Even if one has such a meeting it will be important for people to make formal submissions to the select cmte. If there are enough from Auckland they will travel up to hear them probably. ISOCNZ will certainly be doing a submission and ISPs should (IMO) consider whether they have the resources to do their own submission or contribute to ISOCNZ's one (or both). I am happy to advise people who wish to make a submission on any procedural stuff - there are booklets etc which are helpful. Like I said I don't see this as a political issue as much as using the political process to make sure the eventual legislation is sensible and does not pose an unfair burden on ISPs or allow arbitrary searching of individual's e-mails etc without due legal process. DPF ________________________________________________________________________ <david at farrar dot com> NZ Usenet FAQs - http://www.dpf.ac.nz/usenet/nz ICQ 29964527 --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog