CRTC rules on Traffic Management Practices

[jabley at hopcount.ca (Joe Abley)]

On 2009-10-21, at 12:14, Joe Abley wrote:

> On 2009-10-21, at 12:03, Michael Peddemors wrote:
>
>> The email marketing lobby already got the legislation watered down  
>> on the spam
>> front, but does this in essence say that ISP's are no longer  
>> allowed to block
>> email content, viruses et al?
>
> No more null-routing targets in your own network as a DDoS  
> mitigation technique?

Some better-informed person dropped me a note off-list, pointing me to  
the following. On the face of it it seems like consideration for this  
aspect has already been incorporated into the ruling.

>> ITMPs used for network security or employed temporarily to protect
>> network integrity
>>
>> 44.
>> 	The Commission notes that Canadian ISPs have used certain ITMPs
>> for the purposes of network security and integrity. Specifically,  
>> these
>> ITMPs have been employed to protect users from network threats such  
>> as
>> malicious software, spam, and distribution of illicit materials. In  
>> the
>> Commission's view, such activities are unlikely to trigger  
>> complaints or
>> concerns under the Act and are a necessary part of an ISP's network
>> operations.
>>
>> 45.
>> 	The Commission is therefore not addressing, in this decision,
>> ITMPs used only for the purpose of network security, nor those  
>> employed
>> temporarily9 to address unpredictable traffic events (e.g. traffic
>> surges due to global events and failures on part of an ISP's  
>> network) in
>> order to protect network integrity.