On Dec 29, 2013, at 5:18 PM, Gert Doering <[email protected]> wrote:

> I might be a bit extreme on this, but I highly value the end-to-end 
> communication nature of the Internet,

Again, causing users to utilize your recursors by default, plus Open DNS and 
Google DNS, and with an opt-out proviso for 'advanced' users, does not in any 
way inhibit their ability to access the Internet, while implementing such a 
policy materially contributes to the security of your user base.

I used to dread the day that a user would end up successfully suing a consumer 
broadband network operator due to a compromise which could've been avoided by 
implementing sensible, non-intrusive policies such as this one, as I thought 
that such a verdict would likely set a very bad precedent (literally) and do 
far more harm than good.  More and more, though, I'm coming around to the view 
that some sizable damage awards are the only thing that will motivate consumer 
broadband network operators to use common sense and stop throwing up specious 
objections to entirely reasonable, lightweight default policies which do not in 
any way, shape, form, or fashion impact 'the end-to-end communication nature of 
the Internet', yet which provide welcome protections for average consumer users 
while at the same time not limiting more 'advanced' users.

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