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Italian ISPs to Block 'Unlicensed' Online Gaming Websites
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 21:05:03 GMT
Via Zone-H. [snip] A few hours ago the recently approved measure forcing Italian internet service providers to block unlicensed online gaming websites entered into force. The censoring method recommended by the [Italian] Amministrazione Autonoma Monopoli di Stato the State Monopoly Agency - is based upon the redirection of queries to unauthorized websites to a dedicated website by using the ISP DNS systems. In addition to censorship, we could potentially be facing massive log-based user listing. As a matter of fact, the February 7th 2006 much debated measure does not clarify how to technically ban Web sites, while it is extremely explicit on how transforming Italian internet service providers into unwilling co-operators of an act of Internet censorship and user listing. [snip] More here: http://www.zone-h.org/news/read/id=205992 - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Italian ISPs to Block 'Unlicensed' Online Gaming Websites Fergie (Mar 01)
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