Computer firewalls could be outlawed

[Silviron]

Don't know how seriously to take THIS ARTICLE but legislative action in Texas, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alaska, Tennessee and Colorado could outlaw the use of network firewalls.
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Yeah, You can take my firewall.

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"From MY Cold, Dead Hands"

 

[Bill.H]

IMO, that seems a bit alarmist. Don't forget, the firewall itself has a readily identifiable IP address.

 

[NightStorm]

Consider the source. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon6.gif

Dan

 

[Charles Bradshaw]

No surprise: politicritters are puppets of those that pay them the most. No intelligence, except in screwing John Q. Public.

 

[Jonathan]

It is almost certainly the case that eliminating basic network security tools is not the goal of the legislators that have put these bills forward, although it make be the goal of some who are promoting the bills (think music corporations who what to prevent so called piracy). Writing a law is like writing a computer program with insufficient specification on an unknown operating system; you always have to squash bugs to get it almost right.

Below is Felton's article;
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000336.html

He references copies of text of the bills themselves:
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/ma_bill_draft_26mar03.rtf
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/78R/billtext/SB01116I.HTM

-Jon