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

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

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Discussion? Response?

If there is a response, thank you for a communal effort to clarify.

david rieger

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Received on Wed May 4 09:14:06 2005