[ NNSquad ] India mulling skype and google restrictions post RIM on security grounds

[Rahul Tongia <tongia@cmu.edu>]

My Q is how does a centralized service vs. decentralized one make it hard if
not impossible to enforce (the general technology)? If skype ports are
blocked, it might just use port 80 or https - is the government in countries
effectively saying no to encrypted transmissions? What happens to
encryptions on SIP or other peer-2-peer solutions?

RahulIndia deadline for BlackBerry crackdown

By Joe Leahy in Mumbai and David Gelles in San Francisco

Published: August 12 2010 19:07 | Last updated: August 13 2010 00:23

*Research in Motion<http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=ca:RIM>
*, the Canadian maker of the BlackBerry, has said it will not cut deals with
specific countries while it attempts to co-operate with threats from
governments around the world about blocking its services.
...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2b79b78c-a63a-11df-8767-00144feabdc0.html

   [ I believe RIM is a pretty easy target for such demands since
     they're relatively "monolithic" in terms of their internal
     distribution systems.  As you suggest, the same tactics against
     systems using the public Internet are likely to be far more
     complex and problematic.

           -- Lauren Weinstein
              NNSquad Moderator ]