"Melinda Shore" wrote in message
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Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
As for the rest of it - hey, have at it. Obviously you are positive
that the Internet works a particular way, you aren't interested in
finding out from people who actually run it how exactly it DOES
work,

Hey, *Ted!*, I've written networking code you're almost
certainl running,

Heh - I've never seen your name on any of -my- IOS loads.

And no, we don't run Lawful Intercept. The 12.3/12.4
code is terribly bloated. I keep trying it every once in a
while, but so far 12.2 still works better on our stuff. We only
run the 12.4 on 1800/2800 stuff at customer sites.

I've chaired several working groups in the
IETF as well as the VoIP security group in the European
Telecommunications Standards Institute (where I also was a
member of the IP Camarilla in the TC SEC Lawful Intercept
Committee). Technology I developed has been standardized by
the ITU-T and PacketCable to support wiretap on cable
networks (thank you, thank you very much, I'm always pleased
to be of assistance to the community),

Ah yes. Cisco loves those cable companies. My employer doesen't
sell cable they sell DSL. Nor are they a phone company nor do they sell
dialtone.

I'm sure it would make life easier for
a lot of people if the Internet collapsed into 4 or 5 "retail" ISPs
run by the RBOCS and the cable companies. No wonder you don't
like my posts.

and I work for a
company that basically prostitutes itself to its customers -
we pretty much don't build anything unless we've got
customers lined up in advance.

Why did Cisco buy Linksys, then?

I think we're in pretty good
shape on this one.


Except that Cisco lost the core router market to Juniper
years ago. The company is losing it's focus on what
the Internet really is. At one time they understood the
Internet was a community. Now they just want to bleed
money out of it.

And, need I point out, I'm not the one who's working with
architectural models that range somewhere between faulty and
flat wrong, and that I'm not the one posting lengthy rants
based on incorrect assumptions. That is to say, I think I
have a lot better control over my argument than you've got
over yours,

And, what is your argument, exactly? It seems to be that
somehow your employer is going to figure out how to
bribe/lobby the US government to require all ISPs who
aren't running voice (and thus subject to wiretapping requirements)
to pay lots of money to your employer for black boxes
that will make the MPAA real happy. And this is a Good Thing!

Ted