NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] Blocking DNS - 17 Mar 2011 - by Paul Vixie - "COICA and Secure DNS"
Blocking DNS - 17 Mar 2011 - by Paul Vixie - "COICA and Secure DNS"
http://j.mp/qHnkDB (ISC)
"Nevertheless the raw uncomfortable truth of the matter is that any
form of mandated "DNS blocking'' whose goal is to make certain domain
names unreachable will be indistinguishable from the result of a
Secure DNS failure - and a failure is a failure is a failure."
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It should be noted that the MPAA's response on these issues is the assertion that most
users are too stupid to understand how to change their DNS (presumably even after
being given step by step instructions) and that not permitting content owners to
manipulate the DNS to protect their profit centers would amount to allowing the
Internet to "decay into a lawless Wild West."
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
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