NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] Re: Google Hijacked -- Major ISP to Intercept and Modify Web Pages
> Unlike the postal system and the telephone system which have developed > many ways to add additional information, the Internet is severly lacking. Allow me to disagree, as there are plenty of messages available for use. > The post office adds stamp to letters with all sorts of messages about > postage due, ICMP TTL or timer expired enroute -- or whatever mechanism currently used to notify users of bills due > return to sender, ICMP no route to host > disaster area - no forwarding address, ICMP restricted by cut-off > and even cute "advertising-like" cancellations. Like ads inserted at the bottom of Yahoo Mail, Organization: headers > The telephone system has > multiple types of busy signals TCP RST in response to SYN > and special information messages about all > circuits are busy, ICMP No route to host, ICMP Source Quench, ICMP Timer expired, TCP ECN or just drop the TCP packet > line restricted to only emergency calls, due to an > earthquake in the area please wait and try your call later. ICMP cut-off in effect, no route to host, or drop the SYN packet and let the connection attempt time out. There often are two or three methods in the standards for the same purposes. And if something isn't covered, then there is The Internet Society and the IETF and a whole RFC process that should be followed before unleashing something new. To torture this Post Office metaphor a bit more, it's not just about the contents. Nobody should have the right to tear away my "First Class" stamp and relabel it as "Bulk" because that classification tends to satisfy their own purposes. To me it's even simpler: What am I paying my ISP to do? -- Robb Topolski (robb@funchords.com) Hillsboro, Oregon USA http://www.funchords.com/