Aaron Burstein, Fred Schneider
Citation
Aaron Burstein, Fred Schneider. "Trustworthiness as a Limitation on Network Neutrality". Federal Communications Law Journal, 61(3), 2009.
Abstract
The debate about a “network neutrality” rule that would prohibit broadband providers from blocking, degrading, or discriminating against certain applications, content, or protocols has centered on the effect on competition and innovation in a variety of IT markets. But the discourse to date has largely ignored how a network neutrality rule would affect trustworthiness properties, such as security, privacy, and reliability. This article focuses on those trustworthiness concerns. The article outlines several specific trustworthiness-enhancing mechanisms that might be supported by future networks and then examines whether network providers could implement these mechanisms if they were subject to several proposed legislative and regulatory neutrality rules, all of which include some exception for trustworthiness. Some of the proposed neutrality rules are shown to prohibit promising trustworthiness mechanisms, while others include exceptions that swallow much of the neutrality rule. A disclosure regime proposed in the article could allow regulators and the public to monitor instances of network providers' deviations from neutrality to preserve trustworthiness.
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Aaron Burstein, Fred Schneider. "Trustworthiness as a Limitation on Network Neutrality". <i>Federal Communications Law Journal</i>, 61(3), 2009.
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@article{BursteinSchneider09_TrustworthinessAsLimitationOnNetworkNeutrality, author = {Aaron Burstein and Fred Schneider}, title = {Trustworthiness as a Limitation on Network Neutrality}, journal = {Federal Communications Law Journal}, volume = {61}, number = {3}, year = {2009}, abstract = {The debate about a ânetwork neutralityâ rule that would prohibit broadband providers from blocking, degrading, or discriminating against certain applications, content, or protocols has centered on the effect on competition and innovation in a variety of IT markets. But the discourse to date has largely ignored how a network neutrality rule would affect trustworthiness properties, such as security, privacy, and reliability. This article focuses on those trustworthiness concerns. The article outlines several specific trustworthiness-enhancing mechanisms that might be supported by future networks and then examines whether network providers could implement these mechanisms if they were subject to several proposed legislative and regulatory neutrality rules, all of which include some exception for trustworthiness. Some of the proposed neutrality rules are shown to prohibit promising trustworthiness mechanisms, while others include exceptions that swallow much of the neutrality rule. A disclosure regime proposed in the article could allow regulators and the public to monitor instances of network providers' deviations from neutrality to preserve trustworthiness.}, URL = {http://www.truststc.org/pubs/626.html} }
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