> I guess a third party within the network should be useful for everybody, for
> instance, to filter viruses.
>
> The issue is to define what role is acceptable and legitimate for that
> party.
imho, no amount of filtering is acceptable or legitimate for a third party,
unless such filtering is both authorized by, and under the control of,
either the provider or the consumer. this gets back to predictable operation.
what if the consumer has a legitimate need to access something that just
happens to look to the virus filter like it contains a virus?
what if the filter doesn't just check for viruses, but also things that
look (to it) like porn?
Keith
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