Net neutrality suffers another blow. I liked Congress when they had no idea what the internet was, now they've progressed to "still have no idea but like to pretend."
Jeff On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Steven Bellovin <s...@cs.columbia.edu> wrote: > > On Nov 5, 2009, at 7:44 PM, Richard Bennett wrote: > >> I think the idea is for the government to create an official blacklist of >> the offending sites, and for ISPs to consult it before routing a packet to >> the fraud site. The common implementation would be an ACL on the ISPs border >> router. The Congress doesn't yet understand the distinction between ISPs and >> transit providers, of course, and typically says that proposed ISP >> regulations (including the net neutrality regulations) apply only to >> consumer-facing service providers. >> >> If this measure passes, you can expect expansion of blocking mandates for >> rogue sites of other kinds, such as kiddie porn and DMCA scofflaws. >> >> > It's worth looking at hhttp://www.cdt.org/speech/pennwebblock/ -- a Federal > court struck down a law requiring web site blocking because of child > pornography. > > --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb > > > > > > > -- Jeffrey Lyon, Leadership Team jeffrey.l...@blacklotus.net | http://www.blacklotus.net Black Lotus Communications of The IRC Company, Inc. Platinum sponsor of HostingCon 2010. Come to Austin, TX on July 19 - 21 to find out how to "protect your booty."
