On Aug 31, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Oscar Ricardo Silva wrote: > On 08/31/2012 08:22 AM, Kevin Darcy wrote: >> On 8/31/2012 2:50 AM, sth...@nethelp.no wrote: >>>> Again, it's not about how effective the block is or can be. Unless Italy >>>> becomes like China or even worse (but the US had the chance end up >>>> almost in the same situation very recently, so this is NOT an >>>> Italian-only problem), there is no way to inhibit users from reaching a >>>> given resource on the Internet: if the user is motivated enough he/she >>>> will circumvent whatever you do, eventually assisted by the counterpart >>>> he/she is trying to reach... >>> We are in much the same situation in Norway. All the biggest ISPs use >>> a list of child porn domains to be blocked, specified by the central >>> police authorities. *In principle* implementing this is voluntary for >>> the ISPs. In practice there is significant pressure to do so. >>> >>> Both the police and the ISPs are fully aware that blocking this at the >>> DNS level (the ISP recursive resolvers) won't prevent somebody who is >>> determined. But the police (and the government) still want this done. >>> >>> I sometimes suspect their view is of the type "We must do something. >>> This is something, therefore we must do it." >>> >> Nothing is better than paradise. >> A ham sandwich is better than nothing. >> Therefore, a ham sandwich is better than paradise.
This may be true, if the ham sandwich includes chutney, and (possibly) cheese. >> >> - Kevin > > > And you won't be able to afford that ham sandwich if you've been terminated > from your job because you didn't follow the law. We all have things in our > jobs that we don't want to do but we do them anyway. All the ridiculous > suggestions and snarky comments aren't helping the original poster who > mentioned these sites were considered illegal and is looking for other ways > to do this. Yup. DNS blocking can usually be circumvented, but, for many people, this is a feature, not a bug. Assuming that the original poster **really really** wants to block his users may be a false assumption. Often what folk are looking for is something that provides legal protection. While it may be fun, assuming the OP is an anti-gambling, anti-free-speech censorship loving nazi is unfair. W > > > Oscar > > > > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users > -- There are only 10 types of people in this world -- those who understand binary arithmetic and those who don't. _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
