Just wanted to add something to the discussion: http://www.renesys.com/2013/10/google-dns-departs-brazil-ahead-new-law/
Basically, they are claiming possible new laws in Brazil have left Google to shut down DNS services locally. -----Original Message----- From: Jorge Amodio [mailto:jmamo...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 8:37 AM To: Masataka Ohta Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: How anti-NSA backlash could fracture the Internet along national borders - The Washington Post That is correct (not everywhere) but it has no direct relationship with the economics plus violating local or international laws is way above layer 7 Also there is no uniform and universal standard that defines what is or is not a violation. -Jorge > On Nov 4, 2013, at 7:17 AM, Masataka Ohta <mo...@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> wrote: > > Jorge Amodio wrote: > >> There is no field on the IP packet header to indicate to which >> political mandate the packet belongs. > > If a service provider violates some local regulation, the provider > will be punished, which is the political mandate. > > That is, the service provider should better observe related local > regulations as long as they want to have business at the locale. > > Masataka Ohta
