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Re: UK: Government Sets Target Date for Blocking Child Porn
From: "Jerry Hill" <malaclypse2 () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 11:38:18 -0400
On 5/18/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
This should be highly entertaining because it's functionally impossible. :-) Via The Register. [snip] The government has given internet service providers until 2008 to block all access to websites containing illegal images of child abuse listed by the Internet Watch Foundation.
Impossible? Seems pretty easy to me. I don't know much about the Internet Watch Foundation, and their public web page isn't very specific, but I assume they would be responsible for providing ISPs a list of either domain names or IP addresses to block access to. The ISPs then either block access to the IP addresses, or force the domain names to resolve to a 'safe' address. Obviously, neither of those is foolproof, since presumably both the sites and the users would be conspiring to evade the filters, but ISPs shouldn't have too much trouble fulfilling the letter of the proposed law. Or am I missing something again? -- Jerry _______________________________________________ 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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- UK: Government Sets Target Date for Blocking Child Porn Fergie (May 18)
- Re: UK: Government Sets Target Date for Blocking Child Porn Jerry Hill (May 18)
- Re: UK: Government Sets Target Date for Blocking Child Porn Valdis . Kletnieks (May 18)
- Re: UK: Government Sets Target Date for Blocking Child Porn Jerry Hill (May 18)
- Re: UK: Government Sets Target Date for Blocking Child Porn Valdis . Kletnieks (May 18)
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- Re: UK: Government Sets Target Date for Blocking Child Porn Gregory Hicks (May 18)
- Re: UK: Government Sets Target Date for Blocking Child Porn Valdis . Kletnieks (May 18)
- Re: UK: Government Sets Target Date for Blocking Child Porn Jerry Hill (May 18)
- Re: UK: Government Sets Target Date for Blocking Child Porn Valdis . Kletnieks (May 18)
- Re: UK: Government Sets Target Date for Blocking Child Porn Jerry Hill (May 18)
- Re: UK: Government Sets Target Date for Blocking Child Porn Valdis . Kletnieks (May 18)
- Re: UK: Government Sets Target Date for Blocking Child Porn Jerry Hill (May 18)