Good in theory, but we are talking about ISP's .. Not very likely that Comcast is going to manage outbound firewall rules for its millions of customers
If this were to be a US story they would not charge him with obstruction. They would either refuse him entry into the country unless he complied or they would hold the phone and any other electronics in his possession and make life hell in getting his stuff back. There is more than one we to be a dick.
A UPS spokesperson wrote in a statement that the company will only ship guns and gun parts between holders of a federal firearms license. In a follow-up statement, it confirmed that it won’t ship the Ghost Gunner either. “UPS reserves the right to refuse to provide transportation service for, among other reasons, any shipments that create legal, safety or operational concerns,” writes spokesperson Dan Mackin. “UPS is continuing to evaluate such concerns with regard to the transportation of milling machines used to produce operable firearms but, at this point in time, will not accept such devices for transportation.”
The use at the time it was introduced (and ESMTP was less common) was to enforce the RFC 821 https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc821.txt This stance limits it to only accepting only the origional SMTP commands and blocking anything else. As to why it is still defaulting to that mode (you can configure it to allow ESMTP) I couldnt hazzard a guess. I have never been a fan of dealing with SMTP security on a firewall vs a good SMTP gateway but some people want the firewall to be the be-all end all in their border security. I am still leaning towards laziness vs malice
SMTP is as we all know by know a clear text protocol used for email for the last 32 years give or take. About 12 years ago the SMTP protocol was extended (ESMTP) to support among other things TLS (Transport Layer Security) which is basically SMTP over SSL. Since 'plain old' SMTP was (and probably still is) the most popular method of delivering email the Extended commands are optional. STARTTLS is called opportunistic because if it can use TLS it will, otherwise it will fall back to plain old SMTP and deliver the email in clear text. You can configure your server to only use TLS and it will refuse to send email 'in the clear' but if you do this on a border email gateway (one that sends and receives to the general Internet) You will quickly see that many many many email servers are not configured to accept TLS connections and you will have a lot of dead mail on your server that could not be delivered.
Mr "I work in IT" https://stomp.colorado.edu/blog/blog/2012/12/31/on-smtp-starttls-and-the-cisco-asa/ I do not even think anyone is arguing this is the exact cause as what is shown in the screen shot but it is not only possible it is the default behaviour for firewalls that are all over the freaking place and those of us who 'Work in IT' and have troubleshot SMTP and ESMTP have seen screens like the one posted for years. Not going to try and prove anything to you. Your statements prove to the rest of us that you are talking out of your rectum.
"I work in IT, I have done this before, and based on your comment you do not work in IT and if you do you need to be FIRED so damn fast that your head spins!"
You really out to understand what you are talking about before you make idiotic statements like that. While you may "work in IT" you obviously have never seen how a Cisco ASA (going all the way back to when they were Pix's) treats SMTP by default. While arguably some of the things the default SMTP security server (SMTP fixup) protects against are nice it will absolutely clobber the starttls command and it will look just like the screenshot provided.
An empty casing is considered ammunition and you are not allowed to possess it without a license to carry...
Section 129C. No person, other than a licensed dealer or one who has been issued a license to carry a pistol or revolver or an exempt person as hereinafter described, shall own or possess any firearm, rifle, shotgun or ammunition unless he has been issued a firearm identification card by the licensing authority pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-nine B.
Ammunition, cartridges or cartridge cases, primers (igniter), bullets or propellant powder designed for use in any firearm, rifle or shotgun. The term ammunition shall also mean tear gas cartridges, chemical mace or any device or instrument which contains or emits a liquid, gas, powder or any other substance designed to incapacitate.
I am surprised Dell has not rebranded their Network Security Appliances. You got to think buying something named the NSA 2600 has got to cause a pause.
If there were blog stories where the use of the silly imperial system were pertinent to the post then I would like to see it mentioned. The article is about the Government in the UK and their relationship to the press. The majority of the readers of this blog are likely in the US. There are different relationships. It is a distinction worth noting. Even with the distinction being made in the article there will most likely be a ranting post quoting US laws anyway, but at least he is trying to remind the readers that we are not talking about US laws.
Complaints of title III violations may be filed with the Department of Justice. In certain situations, cases may be referred to a mediation program sponsored by the Department. The Department is authorized to bring a lawsuit where there is a pattern or practice of discrimination in violation of title III, or where an act of discrimination raises an issue of general public importance. Title III may also be enforced through private lawsuits. It is not necessary to file a complaint with the Department of Justice (or any Federal agency), or to receive a "right-to-sue" letter, before going to court. For more information, contact:
U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Disability Rights Section - NYAV Washington, D.C. 20530 http://www.ada.gov/cguide.htm#anchor62335
So your position is a company should not keep a database that lists its customers and the preferences of those customers? So each returning customer's service should be like Groundhog Day?
Now why would the Diplomats have Spying on their mind.. Maybe because the State Department ordered them to?? In July 2009, a confidential cable originating from the United States Department of State, and under US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's name, ordered US diplomats to spy on Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and other top UN officials. The intelligence information the diplomats were ordered to gather included biometric information (which apparently included DNA, fingerprints, and iris scans), passwords, and personal encryption keys used in private and commercial networks for official communications. It also included Internet and intranet usernames, e-mail addresses, web site URLs useful for identification, credit card numbers, frequent flier account numbers, and work schedules. The targeted human intelligence was requested in a process known as the National Humint Collection Directive, and was aimed at foreign diplomats of US allies as well.
LOL a school with a "Comanche" for a mascot wants to regulate what is offensive! With two spears in the logo they should make sure none of its students wear the logo on school grounds those spears look like scary weapons! And I hope they make the football team play without their helmets the spear image on the side could be mistaken for a weapon.
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Re: Re: Gentlemen, start your firewalls!
Re: Gentlemen, start your firewalls!
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UPS wont ship it either
Re: legitimate use?
Re: Re: In need of some basic clarification...
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
I do not even think anyone is arguing this is the exact cause as what is shown in the screen shot but it is not only possible it is the default behaviour for firewalls that are all over the freaking place and those of us who 'Work in IT' and have troubleshot SMTP and ESMTP have seen screens like the one posted for years.
Not going to try and prove anything to you. Your statements prove to the rest of us that you are talking out of your rectum.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
You really out to understand what you are talking about before you make idiotic statements like that. While you may "work in IT" you obviously have never seen how a Cisco ASA (going all the way back to when they were Pix's) treats SMTP by default. While arguably some of the things the default SMTP security server (SMTP fixup) protects against are nice it will absolutely clobber the starttls command and it will look just like the screenshot provided.
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In Massachusetts ...
Section 129C. No person, other than a licensed dealer or one who has been issued a license to carry a pistol or revolver or an exempt person as hereinafter described, shall own or possess any firearm, rifle, shotgun or ammunition unless he has been issued a firearm identification card by the licensing authority pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-nine B.
Ammunition, cartridges or cartridge cases, primers (igniter), bullets or propellant powder designed for use in any firearm, rifle or shotgun. The term ammunition shall also mean tear gas cartridges, chemical mace or any device or instrument which contains or emits a liquid, gas, powder or any other substance designed to incapacitate.
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http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/sonicwall-nsa-series/pd
Re: Well, if Internet Archive didn't comply, they'd have a fire...
My web server logs say Google respects robots.txt
Re:
Re: Weird question...
U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Disability Rights Section - NYAV
Washington, D.C. 20530
http://www.ada.gov/cguide.htm#anchor62335
Re: Distraction. Meanwhile NSA goes on without pause.
(untitled comment)
In July 2009, a confidential cable originating from the United States Department of State, and under US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's name,
ordered US diplomats to spy on Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and other top UN officials. The intelligence information the diplomats
were ordered to gather included biometric information (which apparently included DNA, fingerprints, and iris scans), passwords, and personal encryption keys
used in private and commercial networks for official communications. It also included Internet and intranet usernames, e-mail addresses, web site URLs useful
for identification, credit card numbers, frequent flier account numbers, and work schedules. The targeted human intelligence was requested in a process known
as the National Humint Collection Directive, and was aimed at foreign diplomats of US allies as well.
Re: Cherry picking...
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http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/canyon/index.html
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