Re: "TCP Port Lock-down" & Free-speech @ UCB

The guy's an idiot. He doesn't understand what the policy is, and even if
the policy was what he is claiming (which it isn't), it still wouldn't be
a free speech issue; there is no content regulation at all.

On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 09:20:57AM -0700, David Rieger wrote:
> Claims are being made from a presumable academic & research perspective
> that sysAdmins are contributing to the death of "free-speech" at UCB:
>
> [Basically by restricting ports - causing a diminution of freedom of
> association and speech]
>
> >"UC Berkeley now requires permission to receive TCP connections at any
> >port on any computer. This policy is typical of "locked down"
> >corporations, but now applies to all parts of UC Berkeley, including CS.
> >
> >So you might find this interesting.
> >
> >http://www.satn.org/archive/2005_05_01_archive.html#111521463872601897
>
> ###End Quote###
>
> Discussion? Response?
>
> If there is a response, thank you for a communal effort to clarify.
>
>
> david rieger
>
>
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