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Valenti the radical

April 20, 2003 11:59 AM - comments (3)

A while ago I reported the wonderfully radical testimony of Jack Valenti against the removal of the FIN-SYN rules. I have not been able to find the testimony online. Here's a large pdf of a scan of the relevant section from the GPO's reports.

Posted by Lawrence Lessig on April 20, 2003 11:59 AM |

Comments (3)

April 21, 2003 9:24 PM Karl:

Thanks.
-kd

April 28, 2003 12:14 PM John Saxton:

What are the "FIN-SYN" rules? In TCP/IP, "FIN" is a signal to close down a TCP connection, and a "SYN" is a signal to open a new one. But why would Jack Valenti be talking about minutae of TCP/IP? I think "FIN-SYN" must refer to something else in this context, but I'm not familiar enough with the law to know what that is.

It seems we have a "name collision" between the domains of law and code here.

December 11, 2003 2:30 PM rainer:

I think Jhons "name collision” between the domains " is the right view