Jonathan Gardner wrote:
I disagree. I believe example.com is responsible for their ISPs failing.
Let's say I am the general contractor responsible for building a new
apartment building. I hire a carpenter and he and his team builds the
structure. I am still responsible for the structure being up to code and if
it fails in any way, I will be held responsible. I can't tell the city
inspector, "Well, it's not my fault. It's the carpenter. Why don't you
blame him and leave me alone?"
On the other hand it's possible that the carpenter has significantly exceeded
every requirement specified by the code but the structure could still fail
because the code does not consider every possible scenario (e.g. a truck
crashing into the building). Does that make the carpenter incompetent? Is that
really your fault?
Paul.