Re: Minnesota to block online gambling sites?

[Martin Hannigan <martin () theicelandguy com>]

> From a strictly operational perspective:

The only concern that I had with that request was with the v4 address
blocking. That ought to be rethought in the grand scheme of things i.e. v4
exhaustion.  There's a reasonable case to make regarding not tainting hosts
or specific blocks in this manner. Creating "less usable" v4 resources as we
approach exhaustion is not helpful, IMHO.

Best Regards,

Martin





> 2009/5/4 John Levine <johnl () iecc com>:
> > > Not withstanding the legality of such an order, how would one
> > > > operationally enforce that order?
> > >
> > > The order has a list of IP addresses, so I expect the ISPs will just
> > > block those IPs in routers somewhere.
> > >
> > > Since offshore online gambling is equally illegal everywhere in the
> > > U.S., the ISPs have little reason to limit the block to Minnesota
> > > customers, giving them a lot of latitude in where they implement the
> > > block.


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