From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from nyc-dyn-064.cosmoweb.net ([208.223.113.102] helo=toccata.grg.afb.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15LoHe-00051K-00 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2001 11:58:15 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.grg.afb.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f6FFsZN08100 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2001 11:54:45 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 11:54:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: To: Subject: Re: seeking advice for speeders In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I've never heard of anyone being busted for doing this, but I have also seen isps with explicit policies against it. So, I doubt they'd go after anyone in particular without some extrinsic reason. But, why challenge the point? Why not just go with a provider that explicitly supports linux and home networking? \ On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Kirk Wood wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > If you're running ipmasq. can your isp run a tracer on you and > > catch you? > > It would probably be possible by sniffing out the packets and analizing > the http requests. But I have never heard of such a thing being done. It > would be a lot of work just to find someone who had an extra machine or > two. Not to mention that it wouldn't bode well under scrutiny. > > Now if you attempt to set yourself up as some sort of ISP and resell the > bandwidth you are asking for trouble. But if you are looking to connect > the few computers you own so you and yours can all surf I would not > concern myself with such things. > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net > > The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when open. > If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html